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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 23 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Furlong remember receiving for Christmas when he was a boy?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) The Scarlet Letter.
(d) Great Expectations.

2. What does the Irish Republic guarantee to citizens, according to the 1916 Proclamation?
(a) Religious and civil liberty.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

3. What are Furlong's earliest memories of?
(a) Serving plates, a black range, and a shining floor.
(b) Tables.
(c) Churches.
(d) Coal.

4. How does Furlong toast slabs of soda bread over the Rayburn in Chapter 3?
(a) With his fingers.
(b) On a spatula.
(c) On a long fork.
(d) On a grill.

5. What does Furlong do sometimes when he wakes in the night?
(a) Puts the kettle on for tea.
(b) Draws.
(c) Bakes bread.
(d) Eats toast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Furlongs get for Joan for Christmas?

2. What religion is Mrs. Wilson?

3. What does Eileen want to get a loan for in the new year?

4. What did Furlong "come from"?

5. What did Ned once give Furlong for Christmas as a child that he came to love?

(see the answer key)

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