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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. How much money do the nuns give Furlong?

3. What does Eileen say to take to the person Furlong wants to visit in Chapter 6?

4. Where does the man tell Furlong the road will take him when he gets lost?

5. Whose name does Furlong tell the Mother Superior he has taken himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what does Eileen say to Furlong about his past for the first time?

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

3. What does Mother Superior say about the sailors that makes Furlong mad?

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Furlong begin to think might be his father?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Keegan portray the influence of Catholicism in Ireland in this novella? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Keegan's descriptions and development of the setting of this novel.

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