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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. 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) They got some inheritance money.
(d) A highway is being built where their old house stood.

2. What beverage does O'Keefe buy for Dangerfield?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tea.
(d) Whiskey.

3. What does Marion feel about their life in the new house?
(a) She is not comfortable there.
(b) They can have a fresh start now.
(c) They are back where they started.
(d) They are worse off than before.

4. Why does O'Keefe envy Dangerfield's marriage?
(a) A date for New Year's Eve.
(b) Regular sex.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Good meals.

5. Where does Dangerfield hide when the person in #81 comes to the house?
(a) Under a bed.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Behind a closed curtain.
(d) Behind a door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Dangerfield spent the previous night?

2. What does Marion receive in the mail that emboldens her?

3. Why do the other passengers on the train react to Dangerfield's appearance?

4. Why did Dangerfield once touch the decapitated head of Blessed Oliver Plunkett?

5. How much money does O'Keefe give to Dangerfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dangerfield and Marion feel about living in the new house?

2. How can Dangerfield be called an escapist and how does Chris figure into his escaping?

3. Explain how Chapter 10 is a long, crass joke indicative of Dangerfield's unwillingness to examine himself when problems arise.

4. Why are O'Keefe's challenges in having sex partly of his own making?

5. How does Dangerfield try to appease Marion when she realizes Dangerfield might be having an affair?

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

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

8. What are the two most important things in the lives of Dangerfield and O'Keefe?

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

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

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