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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Irish Republic entitled to, according to the 1916 Proclamation?
(a) The allegiance of every Irishman and Irishwoman.
(b) Food from peasants.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Land.

2. Why does Furlong go to the convent in Chapter 4?
(a) To get bread.
(b) to have his laundry done.
(c) To buy a rosary.
(d) To make a delivery.

3. What is the dirtiest work for Furlong?
(a) Briquettes.
(b) Gas.
(c) Coal.
(d) Timber.

4. How did Mrs. Wilson's husband die?
(a) Of a heart attack.
(b) Of cancer.
(c) In the war.
(d) In a car accident.

5. What happens to the weather as Furlong leaves the convent?
(a) The sun comes out.
(b) It starts to snow.
(c) It starts raining hard.
(d) A fog is coming down.

6. Who does Loretta not want to see that Furlong worries about?
(a) Helen.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her granny.
(d) Santa.

7. What religion is Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Buddhist.

8. What job does Furlong remember from one summer in technical school?
(a) Law office.
(b) Mushroom factory.
(c) Tractor dealer.
(d) Lemonade stand.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Wilson's income from?

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

3. Where does Eileen say she will do the Christmas shopping?

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

5. Where has a new airport just opened up?

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