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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. How old was Furlong when his mother died?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

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

3. Who is in charge of the convent?
(a) The Tartan Sisters.
(b) The Good Shepherd nuns.
(c) The Mount Carmelite Windsors.
(d) The Ladies of The Rosary.

4. What is Furlong disinclined to dwell on now?
(a) The past.
(b) Grudges.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is listed as his father on Furlong's birth certificate?

2. Where has a new airport just opened up?

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

4. Where is it rumored that babies sometimes get adopted out to?

5. When were there yellow trees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the predominant religion in Ireland?

3. What does Furlong say Eileen does too much?

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

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

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

7. Why is Furlong worried about Loretta?

8. Why does Furlong often feel grateful?

9. As a boy, what did Furlong once really want badly for Christmas?

10. Where did Furlong grow up?

(see the answer keys)

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