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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Furlong's mother when she has him?
(a) 18.
(b) 24.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

2. What does Furlong have a head for?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Praying.
(c) Art.
(d) Business.

3. Who is Furlong's wife?
(a) Janelle.
(b) Rochelle.
(c) Helen.
(d) Eileen.

4. Who makes most of the deliveries during busy times in Furlong's business?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ned.
(c) Heffery.
(d) Furlong.

5. Where is it rumored that babies sometimes get adopted out to?
(a) Romanians.
(b) Rich Americans.
(c) Priests.
(d) Turkish people.

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

7. What is Furlong disinclined to dwell on now?
(a) Grudges.
(b) The past.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Money.

8. What kind of school does Furlong go to?
(a) Engineering school.
(b) Warfordshire school.
(c) Technical school.
(d) Medical school.

9. Who is Furlong's youngest child?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Eileen.

10. When were there yellow trees?
(a) In January.
(b) In October.
(c) In April.
(d) In February.

11. How old was Furlong when his mother died?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

12. What does Mrs. Kehoe like to say about feeding the men?
(a) The empty sack cannot stand.
(b) Fish is only for Fridays.
(c) Pork is only for Tuesdays.
(d) Beef is only for Sundays.

13. What kind of place is the convent?
(a) A powerful-looking one.
(b) A gothic-looking one.
(c) A dead-looking one.
(d) An ordinary-looking one.

14. Who is in charge of the convent?
(a) The Tartan Sisters.
(b) The Ladies of The Rosary.
(c) The Mount Carmelite Windsors.
(d) The Good Shepherd nuns.

15. Who did Mrs. Wilson once tell Furlong he was a credit to?
(a) Ned.
(b) Her.
(c) Himself.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people feel about the weather in Chapter 1?

2. What year is the book set in?

3. Where does Furlong spend most of his infancy?

4. What are many girls doing when Furlong makes his delivery in Chapter 4?

5. What does Eileen do with the letters the children write to Santa?

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