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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tops does Noreen usually wear?

2. How many people does Cal say that he shot when he was a cop?

3. What is Brendan's middle name?

4. In Chapter 4, how long does it take the kid to come back?

5. What did Sheila Reddy want to be professionally before she married Johnny?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the village pub, and what does it look like?

2. Who does Cal meet on the way home in Chapter 6, and what do they do?

3. In Chapter 5, how long and how often does Trey come to Cal's place?

4. What does Mart show Cal in Chapter 8, and what does he ask Cal if he can do?

5. How does Cal draw out the kid who has been watching him, and what does Cal learn about the kid?

6. How is Cal getting along in his new place?

7. What is one of the few things that Cal had sent over to Ireland from the United States, and why does he ship it?

8. What does Cal learn about Trey's family?

9. What does Trey tell Cal when he finally gets around to telling him what he wants in Chapter 5?

10. What are Bobby and some of the other guys arguing about in the village pub in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cal and Trey have a conversation about moral codes. Why do Cal and Trey have a conversation about moral codes? How does Cal define a moral code? What moral code do Cal and Trey have, and how do their moral codes affect their actions?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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