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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. How long has Tony's landlord been trying to evict him?
(a) Six month.
(b) A year.
(c) A month.
(d) Two years.

2. What is included with the letter from the person in #113?
(a) Money.
(b) Photos.
(c) Eviction notice.
(d) Key.

3. Where does Dangerfield go as he waits for his boat to London?
(a) Trinity College.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A pub.

4. Where does Dangerfield offer to take Lilly with him?
(a) Law school.
(b) The pub.
(c) Church.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Dangerfield notice about the house?

4. In Dangerfield's dream he buys millions of ______________.

5. What does Dangerfield wear when he, MacDoon and Parnell go out drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Dangerfield's new plan to move to London and does he ask Miss Frost to go with him?

4. At whose expense does Dangerfield live a better life in London?

5. Who is the last person in his Dublin experience that Dangerfield visits before leaving for London?

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

7. How does Dangerfield's move from Dublin to London show the difference between poverty and wealth?

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

9. Contrast the worlds of Mary and Dangerfield.

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

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