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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 45 - 66).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eileen bring up for the first time in Chapter 4 that is a "cheap blow" to Furlong?
(a) His mother was a prostitute.
(b) His mother had him out of wedlock.
(c) He is sick.
(d) Their daughters need help.

2. Who is Furlong's oldest child?
(a) Aoife.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Helen.

3. Where does Furlong spend most of his infancy?
(a) In the coal house.
(b) In the laundries.
(c) In the orphanage.
(d) In a moses basket in Mrs. Wilson's kitchen.

4. Where do the men go sometimes for meals?
(a) Bendry's.
(b) Kehoe's.
(c) McCallister's.
(d) Helen's.

5. When does the Angelus bell ring?
(a) Noon.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Furlong remember from one summer in technical school?

2. Who does Loretta not want to see that Furlong worries about?

3. Who takes Furlong's mother to the hospital the day he is born?

4. Who makes most of the deliveries during busy times in Furlong's business?

5. What does Furlong wonder about as he approaches the convent in Chapter 5?

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