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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 religion does Miss Frost believe in?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Episcopalian.

2. What is the inscription on a fountain that Dangerfield sees?
(a) "God Bless the Poor."
(b) "All's Well That Ends Well."
(c) "A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned."
(d) "The Early Bird Gets the Worm."

3. What does Mary offer to give to Dangerfield?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Whiskey.

4. Why is Mary stuck at home for awhile yet?
(a) She has a newborn and can't afford to move out.
(b) She cares for her father and brothers.
(c) She's trying to save money for her own place.
(d) She is still in high school.

5. What items belonging to the landladies does Dangerfield pawn?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Earrings.
(c) Decanters.
(d) Lamps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old must Dangerfield be before he receives his inheritance?

2. What does Dangerfield think about as he has sex with Miss Frost?

3. Lady Eclair had told O'Keefe that every person must ____________________.

4. Where does Dangerfield offer to take Lilly with him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dangerfield and Lilly differ in their views about consequences?

2. Why is religion an important theme in the novel?

3. How does the relationship between Dangerfield and Lilly end?

4. Why does Mary's bath symbolize her new life?

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

6. Why does Dangerfield believe that his father's death is the end to all of Dangerfield's problems?

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

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

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

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

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