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

2. What does the Irish Republic guarantee to citizens, according to the 1916 Proclamation?
(a) Food.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Money.
(d) Religious and civil liberty.

3. What kind of smoke comes from the fires at the convent?
(a) Odorless smoke.
(b) Strange, greenish smoke.
(c) No smoke.
(d) Red smoke.

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

5. Who does Furlong give change to while he is foraging sticks along the road?
(a) Ned Hendry.
(b) His nephew Michael.
(c) Paul Wellingsly.
(d) Mick Sinnott's little boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Loretta not want to see that Furlong worries about?

2. What kind of tree is in the town square for Christmas?

3. Who goes about town with hardly a word of English in Part I?

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

5. What book does Furlong remember receiving for Christmas when he was a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does this story take place?

2. How does Furlong treat his workers?

3. What tradition do the five Furlong daughters do every Christmas?

4. What is unusual about December in New Ross?

5. Why does Furlong often feel grateful?

6. What kind of weather is Ireland known for?

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

8. What does Furlong say Eileen does too much?

9. How did Furlong meet Eileen?

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

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