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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 Eileen accuse Furlong of being?
(a) Deceitful.
(b) Not smart.
(c) Malicious.
(d) Soft-hearted.

2. In Chapter 5, what is forecast for Christmas week?
(a) Mild weather.
(b) Snow.
(c) Record-breaking high temperatures.
(d) Rain.

3. What does Furlong promise to leave for the person who helps him get into the yard on the Sunday?
(a) Christmas cake.
(b) A bag of coal.
(c) A bag of logs.
(d) Money.

4. What does Mother Superior object to about the sailors in New Ross?
(a) They are all men.
(b) They are weak.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They are foreigners.

5. What does Furlong do before he visits the convent with the order in Chapter 5?
(a) Eats a big breakfast.
(b) Delays going there.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Prays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong use as a term of affection towards his daughters and others?

2. What does Furlong tell Sarah as he leaves?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Furlong give to the girl he finds?

4. What does Furlong eat at the end of Chapter 6?

5. Who does Furlong credit with saving him and his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother Superior insist Furlong does when he delivers the coal?

2. What does Eileen say about Furlong when he tells her about his visit to the laundry in Part III?

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

4. What does the Mother Superior give to Furlong for Christmas?

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

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

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

8. In Part III, what does Furlong think of the woman with the kettle?

9. What does Furlong say sharply to Eileen in Part IV?

10. What excuse does Sarah Redmond give for having been in the shed?

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