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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 67 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes about town with hardly a word of English in Part I?
(a) Americans.
(b) Germans.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Polish and Russian boatmen.

2. In Chapter 5, what shocking thing does Furlong discover in the convent shed?
(a) A fire.
(b) A girl abandoned there, freezing.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) A nest of rats.

3. Who does Eileen say can afford to be careless?
(a) No one.
(b) The nuns.
(c) The other men at the coal yard.
(d) People with no children.

4. Whose name does Furlong tell the Mother Superior he has taken himself?
(a) His father's.
(b) His sister's.
(c) His own mother's.
(d) His brother's.

5. What does Mother Superior object to about the sailors in New Ross?
(a) They are weak.
(b) They are foreigners.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They are all men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Furlong "come from"?

2. What does the nun who pays him make Furlong think of?

3. What is the convent known for?

4. Why does Furlong go to the convent in Chapter 4?

5. What is the dirtiest work for Furlong?

(see the answer key)

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