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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 does Grace play in Chapter 6?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Tin whistle.
(c) Accordian.
(d) Piano.

2. What does Furlong eat at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Mince pie.
(b) Beef brisket.
(c) Bun.
(d) Apple.

3. When does Kathleen start to look fed up at the coal yard?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

4. What does the girl in the shed ask Furlong to ask the nuns about in Chapter 5?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her baby.
(d) Her brother.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Furlong give to the girl he finds?
(a) Food.
(b) His coat.
(c) Water.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong tell the woman who answers the door to tell the family in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Furlong begin to suspect might be his father in Chapter 6?

3. What does the Mother Superior say about the dirt on the floor?

4. What does Furlong worry is actually bothering Kathleen in Chapter 5?

5. What does the Mother Superior say is disappointing about Furlong's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ned tell Furlong he feels guilty about from the past?

2. Why does the Mother Superior say it must be disappointing that Furlong has no sons?

3. What does Furlong ask Sarah that she is too upset to answer?

4. What does Furlong do with the girl he finds in the shed?

5. How does Furlong feel in church the day he visits the convent in Part IV?

6. Why does Eileen say the nuns are "very good"?

7. What does Sarah Redmond ask Furlong to ask the Mother Superior about?

8. Who works in Furlong's office with him during the rush and how does she feel about it?

9. Who does Furlong go to visit the same day he makes the delivery at the convent?

10. In Part III, what does Furlong tell the woman with the kettle he will give her?

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