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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 shop does Eileen want Furlong to buy her Christmas present in?
(a) Hanrahan's.
(b) Simmonson's.
(c) Cleary's.
(d) O'Donnell's.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Wilson's farmhand?

2. What does Furlong's wife look like?

3. What does the Irish Republic vow to cherish equally, according to the 1916 Proclamation?

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

5. What happens to the weather as Furlong leaves the convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Furlong grow up?

2. Where does this story take place?

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

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

5. Why does Furlong often feel grateful?

6. What are some rumors about the laundry at the convent?

7. What does Furlong ask Eileen for as a Christmas gift?

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

9. What do the Furlongs use to cook upon?

10. What kind of reputation does the laundry at the convent have?

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