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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. Which of the following does Mary Carson not provide for Paddy's family?
(a) A job.
(b) A home.
(c) Tuition for two of the Cleary children to go to boarding school.
(d) A maid.

2. What is the name of the newest Cleary?
(a) Howard.
(b) Hank.
(c) Harold.
(d) Hayden.

3. What essential part of the house is still found outside at Drogheda?
(a) The privy.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) A water heater.
(d) A bathtub.

4. What does Father Ralph do for everyone in the family?
(a) He opens a bank account.
(b) He treats them to ice cream in town.
(c) He sends them on a trip to Wahine.
(d) He buys new pillows.

5. Why is Stuart able to leave school?
(a) He goes on a hunger strike.
(b) He and Meggie fight continuously.
(c) Mary no longer wants to invest in his education.
(d) He fights with Paddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they bury Hal?

2. What is the next career move for Father Ralph after the role of private secretary in Sydney?

3. Who is the main character of this novel?

4. Who asks Father Ralph to check on Frank's condition?

5. What does Mary give Ralph the evening of her 72nd birthday party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Carson's new will say?

2. What is Father Ralph's dilemma regarding Mary Carson's second will?

3. What is the role of farm women in this time period?

4. What is Father Ralph's visit to Drogheda like?

5. What does the family think of Paddy's disappearance?

6. Since Fiona never converted to Catholicism, what aspects of a Catholic life are missing in the household?

7. What is significant about Mary Carson's 72nd birthday party?

8. What physically happens to Meggie that initially frightens her?

9. In Chapter 2, there are two specific ways in which Meggie seems to experience discrimination. What are those two ways?

10. What is life like for Fiona at Drogheda?

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