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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the school teacher who befriends Vera?

2. The topic of "Seven Sisters" is __________________.

3. Who is Helen's husband?

4. Which of the following does Eve NOT do with unused budgetary funds for her boss?

5. How many rooms are in Vera's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shirley prove to be the most sensitive person in the story?

2. Why has Jane requested a reunion with her friends, Helen and Margaret?

3. What is Eve's focus with the work she does for individual women?

4. Who is Mary and what preoccupies her thoughts as the Christmas holiday approaches?

5. How is Olive's true character in contrast to the gracious person she pretends to be?

6. How does Pat thwart Stuart's plans for them to participate in an orgy?

7. What is the premise of "Victoria"?

8. What does Mona learn about her own mother's view of her death from cancer that is similar to her own?

9. What is the premise of "Brixton"?

10. Describe Vera's childhood and how she prepares to leave her situation.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of the family in a story in LONDON TRANSPORTS. What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the family disintegrate? How typical is this family to most Irish and English families living during the 1970s?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a story from LONDON TRANSPORTS and project into the future ten years after the end of the story and write a brief synopsis for the main character's life. How will the character have changed? How does the character stay the same? What life lessons has the character learned? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Greed seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of greed? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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