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

2. What does Furlong do sometimes when he wakes in the night?
(a) Bakes bread.
(b) Draws.
(c) Eats toast.
(d) Puts the kettle on for tea.

3. What is their never a shortage of around town?
(a) Math teachers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Gossips.
(d) Knitters.

4. What is the area right beside the river called in Ireland?
(a) Firezes.
(b) Quays.
(c) Barristers.
(d) Rilets.

5. What do Furlong's girls do together in Chapter 3?
(a) Write letters to Santa.
(b) Decorate the tree.
(c) Sing carols.
(d) Make cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Furlong's earliest memories of?

2. Who is Furlong's oldest child?

3. Where do the men go sometimes for meals?

4. What do the Furlongs get for Joan for Christmas?

5. What does the nun who pays him make Furlong think of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Furlong grow up?

3. What is unusual about December in New Ross?

4. What does Furlong say Eileen does too much?

5. What kind of weather is Ireland known for?

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

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

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

9. Why was Furlong sometimes treated badly as a child?

10. Why is Furlong worried about Loretta?

(see the answer keys)

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