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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. When Fiona is bedridden with her latest pregnancy, who is her greatest helper?
(a) Frank.
(b) Meggie.
(c) Paddy.
(d) Harold.

2. What does Mary demand of Ralph after her birthday party, but he refuses?
(a) That he move away.
(b) That he find Frank and bring him home.
(c) That he quit seeing Meggie.
(d) A kiss.

3. Where does Ralph find Meggie at the end of Mary's birthday party?
(a) Weeping in the garden.
(b) Crying over Hal's grave.
(c) Sitting on Mary's front porch.
(d) Sitting alone in her room at Drogheda.

4. What are the twins' nicknames?
(a) Jims and Patsy.
(b) A.C. and Patty.
(c) Jimmy and C.C.
(d) Ralphie and Mickey.

5. What does Mary tell Ralph after she leaves her birthday party?
(a) That this will be her last party and she will choose her time to die.
(b) To leave the maids alone.
(c) That he needs to be closer to the Cleary family to take care of them.
(d) To loan Paddy money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ralph ignore Meggie at Mary's birthday party?

2. What does the Cleary family do every Sunday?

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

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

5. What happens to Hal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Meggie's friendship with Teresa Annunzio?

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

8. Why does Mary Carson find it more advantageous to remain a widow and not remarry?

9. What causes disagreements between Frank and Paddy?

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

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