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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 Dangerfield discover when he returns home?
(a) The house is empty.
(b) The house has been ransacked.
(c) Marion has redecorated.
(d) Marion has some friends over for tea.

2. Why did Dangerfield and his wife and daughter have to move to 1 Mohammed Road, The Rock, Dublin?
(a) Their back garden fell off the cliff.
(b) It is closer to the college.
(c) A highway is being built where their old house stood.
(d) They got some inheritance money.

3. Where does Alma work?
(a) Biscuit factory.
(b) Bar.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Diner.

4. To whom does Dangerfield write a letter complaining about his financial woes?
(a) His adviser.
(b) His brother.
(c) O'Keefe.
(d) His father.

5. Marion tells Dangerfield that he ______________ in his sleep.
(a) talks.
(b) screams.
(c) walks.
(d) eats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dangerfield describe the person in #81 to Lily?

2. What is the source of Dangerfield's anger?

3. Why is O'Keefe going to France?

4. Chris makes a meal of bacon and _________________.

5. What dish does Marion make for dinner that Dangerfield loves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dangerfield view his wife and child and his life in general?

2. Who is Lily Frost?

3. Has Dangerfield's life improved from moving from the rickety house to the house in the city?

4. How are Marion and O'Keefe alike in their relationships with Dangerfield?

5. What does Chris discern about her relationship with Dangerfield?

6. Why is Dangerfield so angry to learn that Marion has contacted his father?

7. Why does Dangerfield turn to Chris when he has wrecked the bar in a drunken state?

8. What is at the core of Dangerfield's nasty behavior?

9. What is Dangerfield's destructive behavior when he learns that Marion has received money from his father?

10. What does O'Keefe realize about Dangerfield when he loans Dangerfield money?

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