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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 kind of costume has MacDoon made?
(a) Gorilla.
(b) Kangaroo.
(c) Bear.
(d) Devil.

2. MacDoon gives Dangerfield a statue of __________________.
(a) Douglas MacArthur.
(b) Oliver Plunkett's head.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3. What is one of the first things Mary does when she gets to London?
(a) Buys cigarettes.
(b) Buys some clothes.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Takes a bath.

4. Mary tells Dangerfield that her brothers have gone __________________.
(a) to their uncle's home.
(b) to the beach for a holiday.
(c) to boarding school.
(d) to the States.

5. What food does Miss Frost prepare for Dangerfield?
(a) Omelets.
(b) Cheese and grapes.
(c) Sausages.
(d) Rice and beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Frost feel she is going to be damned to hell?

2. Why is Tony Malarkey living behind a bolted door in his apartment?

3. What other piece of news does O'Keefe tell Dangerfield when he meets him in Dublin?

4. Why does Miss Frost refuse to have sex with Dangerfield?

5. O'Keefe wonders what Dangerfield will do with __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Dangerfield and Miss Frost at this point?

2. Why has Mary's true personality emerged since meeting Dangerfield?

3. How does Dangerfield's upswing in Chapter 19 come at the expense of Mary and O'Keefe?

4. Describe the dire straits in which Tony Malarkey is living.

5. Why is Miss Frost so conflicted by having sex with Dangerfield?

6. What news is assumed to be true about Clocklan?

7. In what way is Mary different from Dangerfield?

8. What is the role of women in Ireland as evidenced by the lives of Lilly and Mary?

9. What objective has O'Keefe still not attained in his life?

10. What happens when Marion refuses to give Dangerfield any money?

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