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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the easiest thing in the world that Furlong knows?
(a) To lost everything.
(b) To die early.
(c) To pray more often.
(d) To make money.

2. Where does Eileen say she will do the Christmas shopping?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Cork.
(c) Galway.
(d) Dublin.

3. What do the Furlong girls drink together in Chapter 3?
(a) Ribena.
(b) Milk.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Orange Fanta.

4. What does the Irish Republic vow to cherish equally, according to the 1916 Proclamation?
(a) Land.
(b) Taxes.
(c) The children of the nation.
(d) Prayers.

5. Where has a new airport just opened up?
(a) Kildare.
(b) Knock.
(c) Galway.
(d) Belfast.

6. Who is listed as his father on Furlong's birth certificate?
(a) Henry.
(b) Ned.
(c) No one.
(d) William.

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

8. Where is the only good school for girls left in town?
(a) St. Agnes's.
(b) St. Mary's.
(c) St. Helen's.
(d) St. Margaret's.

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

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

11. How do the people feel about the weather in Chapter 1?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They love it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They unhappily endure it.

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

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

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

15. Who takes Furlong's mother to the hospital the day he is born?
(a) Mrs. Hendries.
(b) Mrs. Vickers.
(c) Mrs. Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Weaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong have a head for?

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

3. What is the area right beside the river called in Ireland?

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

5. What does the nun chastise Furlong about?

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