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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 does the Cleary family do every Sunday?
(a) Go to mass.
(b) Hold a family meeting with their relatives.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Eat at the local church dinner.

2. As administrator of Mary Carson's wealth, Father Ralph does something that is unheard of. What is that?
(a) He gives Meggie and Fiona an income.
(b) He challenges the rules of the Catholic church.
(c) He takes Meggie dress shopping.
(d) He tries to break Frank out of prison.

3. What does Father Ralph make Fiona promise him?
(a) That Meggie will not have to supervise the cleaning and cooking.
(b) That Meggie will attend dances and meet men her age.
(c) That she will discuss women's health issues with Meggie.
(d) That Fiona will tell Meggie about Frank.

4. What is Drogheda known for?
(a) Raising more pigs than all the other ranches combined.
(b) The finest Holstein cattle in New Zealand.
(c) Being the largest sheep ranch in New South Wales.
(d) A wildlife refuge.

5. How big is the check that Ralph sent Paddy?
(a) Two thousand pounds.
(b) Three thousand pounds
(c) Ten thousand pounds.
(d) Five thousand pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What attacks Stuart?

3. Where is Paddy when the big storm strikes?

4. What two people or things is Ralph torn between?

5. What are the names of the twins that Fiona gives birth to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Father Ralph and Mary Carson.

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

3. Describe Mary Carson's relationship with her brother, Paddy.

4. How has Father Ralph's life changed since Mary Carson died?

5. What does Paddy tell Father Ralph about his past with Fiona?

6. What happens between Frank and Paddy when they are at the Gillanbone Show and Picnic Races?

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

8. What does Fiona find while packing and how does it affect her?

9. What is life like for Fiona at Drogheda?

10. How does life change for Fiona and Meggie when they move into the main house?

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