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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eileen bring up for the first time in Chapter 4 that is a "cheap blow" to Furlong?
(a) He is sick.
(b) Their daughters need help.
(c) His mother had him out of wedlock.
(d) His mother was a prostitute.

2. What does the Mother Superior give to Furlong in Chapter 5?
(a) Schnitzel.
(b) Candy.
(c) Tea and cake.
(d) A big breakfast.

3. What does Furlong do before he visits the convent with the order in Chapter 5?
(a) Eats a big breakfast.
(b) Goes to church.
(c) Prays.
(d) Delays going there.

4. Who does Furlong have to do a last-minute delivery to on a Sunday in Chapter 5?
(a) The convent.
(b) The sundry.
(c) The school.
(d) The wharf.

5. How much money do the nuns give Furlong?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 300 pounds.

6. What does Furlong wonder about as he approaches the convent in Chapter 5?
(a) Why it is so loud.
(b) Why is is so red-looking.
(c) Why it is always still there but never feels peaceful.
(d) Why he feels upset.

7. How did Furlong feel going to mass in Chapter 6?
(a) Like a nun.
(b) Like a working man.
(c) Like a hypocrite.
(d) Like a priest.

8. What does Eileen ask Furlong if he did with the nuns?
(a) Prayed for them.
(b) Thanked them.
(c) Said goodbye to them.
(d) Scoffed at them.

9. In Chapter 6, what was Furlong's habit on fine Sundays early in his marriage?
(a) To go visit his mother.
(b) To go out to visit Mrs. Wilson.
(c) To go to the river.
(d) To go to the park.

10. Where is Ned when Furlong tries to find him?
(a) Work.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Church.
(d) Shops.

11. What does Furlong worry is actually bothering Kathleen in Chapter 5?
(a) She might have broken up with her boyfriend.
(b) She might be suffering from her broken leg.
(c) The men might be bothering her.
(d) She might be getting bad grades.

12. What does the woman at Mrs. Wilson's old house say that gives Furlong a start?
(a) He looks like Ned.
(b) He looks like Mrs. Wilson.
(c) She thinks he is handsome.
(d) She thinks they are brother and sister.

13. Why can Furlong not get into the yard to make his delivery at first in Chapter 5?
(a) His truck breaks down.
(b) He forgets the key.
(c) The padlock is frozen.
(d) The nuns are not home.

14. What does Furlong regret about his last trip to the convent in Chapter 6?
(a) How he had never asked about the girl's baby as she had entreated him to.
(b) How he had refused the money.
(c) How he had not actually delivered the coal.
(d) How he had fallen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong tell Sarah as he leaves?

2. What does Eileen accuse Furlong of being?

3. Whose name does Furlong tell the Mother Superior he has taken himself?

4. What does Eileen tell Furlong they have to do in order to keep what they have?

5. What does Furlong say to make conversation with the Mother Superior to drag it out?

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