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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Furlong worry is actually bothering Kathleen in Chapter 5?
2. What does the girl in the shed eventually say she was doing there?
3. What does Sarah first tell Furlong her name is?
4. In Chapter 6, what does Furlong try to do while Eileen is icing the cake?
5. Where does Sarah say she is from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Eileen not want Furlong to do anything about what he saw at the laundry?
2. Who works in Furlong's office with him during the rush and how does she feel about it?
3. Why does Eileen say the nuns are "very good"?
4. What does Eileen emphasize to Furlong about the girl he saw at the laundry?
5. Why do people call in last-minute orders to Furlong before Christmas?
6. What name does Sarah Redmond say she goes by in the convent?
7. What does Sarah Redmond ask Furlong to ask the Mother Superior about?
8. In Part III, what does Furlong think of the woman with the kettle?
9. What does Eileen say about Furlong when he tells her about his visit to the laundry in Part III?
10. In Part III, what does Eileen say to Furlong about his past for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Furlong go back and free Sarah Redmond from the convent at the end of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does emigration effect Irish culture in 1985, the time period when Keegan sets the book? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Keegan describe Furlong as a father to five girls? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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