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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is the book set in?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1999.

2. What does Furlong's wife look like?
(a) Red hair and green eyes.
(b) Long black hair and slate eyes.
(c) Blonde hair and blue eyes.
(d) Brown hair and green eyes.

3. When does the Angelus bell ring?
(a) Noon.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

5. Where was Eileen working when Furlong met her?
(a) The Law Office.
(b) Graves & Co.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes most of the deliveries during busy times in Furlong's business?

2. Where is the story set?

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

4. What does Mrs. Kehoe like to say about feeding the men?

5. What does Furlong have a head for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Furlong's business like?

2. What does one girl ask Furlong when he makes a delivery at the laundry in Part II?

3. What do the Furlongs use to cook upon?

4. Who does Furlong stop to give a ride and change to on the road in Part I?

5. What kind of weather is Ireland known for?

6. What is one reason Furlong never finds out for sure who his father is?

7. In Part II, what kind of existential worry does Furlong have?

8. Why does Furlong often feel grateful?

9. What does Furlong wonder if Eileen ever wonders about?

10. What does Furlong get for Christmas one year as a child that disappoints him?

(see the answer keys)

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