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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a widely-held belief about Connell at school?
(a) He is good-looking.
(b) He is academically lazy.
(c) He does not get into fights.
(d) He is studious.

2. What story is told frequently at school about Marianne?
(a) That she likes girls.
(b) That she had once washed her shirt in the sink at school.
(c) That she sucks her thumb.
(d) That she had been raped.

3. Which of Marianne's features causes Connell respiratory distress every time he thinks of them?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her hips.
(c) Her ankles.
(d) Her lips.

4. Connell's grandmother is the same age as whom?
(a) Marianne's mother.
(b) Marianne's father.
(c) Marianne's aunt.
(d) Marianne's great-grandmother.

5. Which of the following people earns a perfect score of 600 on exams?
(a) Connell.
(b) Alan.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Eric.

6. For how many hours does Marianne sleep after Connell tells her that he is taking Rachel to the Debs?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

7. What is Lorraine's reaction when Connell tells her that he is taking Rachel to the Debs?
(a) She grounds him for two weeks.
(b) She calls Marianne.
(c) She insists that he pull over and she gets out.
(d) She punches his leg.

8. Connell tells Marianne for the first time that he loves her after she confides in him about what subject?
(a) Her political views.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her loneliness.
(d) Her medical history.

9. In what month of 2011 does the reader first get a glimpse of Connell's college life?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) November.

10. Who is the most popular girl at school?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Karen.
(d) Molly.

11. In what month does Connell tell Marianne that he is taking Rachel to the Debs?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) February.

12. What piece of literature does Connell first suggest to Marianne?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) The Communist Manifesto.
(d) War and Peace.

13. Connell's grandmother tells him that she has heard that he is going to attend a college in what location?
(a) Galway.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Trinity.
(d) London.

14. Connell sees which characteristic of Marianne's as one he does not share?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Propriety.
(d) Extroversion.

15. What does Marianne say just before Connell kisses her for the first time?
(a) She tells him that she hates him.
(b) She tells him that no one would have to know about them.
(c) She tells him that she is a virgin.
(d) She tells him that she has never kissed anyone before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Connell take just after his friends erupt with laughter at the suggestion about Marianne?

2. The hometown of Connell and Marianne is located in what part of Ireland?

3. How many people know who Connell's biological father is?

4. Connell believes that if anyone at school knew about his relationship with Marianne, they would view him as a what?

5. At what type of establishment had Connell worked while saving money for a car?

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