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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 Fiona bring to her family?
(a) Scandal and shame.
(b) Praise for being a top student in her class.
(c) An extra hand to help out with household chores.
(d) Extra money from a part-time job.

2. Why does Paddy get into an argument with Frank when they are in Gillanbone for the Show and Picnic Races?
(a) Frank loses Meggie.
(b) Frank does not participate in the blacksmith event.
(c) Frank is boxing.
(d) Frank loses the boxing match.

3. What is Paddy's occupation when he and his family leave New Zealand?
(a) Farmer and sometime sheep shearer.
(b) School teacher.
(c) Boxer.
(d) Blacksmith.

4. Who returns to the Home Paddock?
(a) Frank.
(b) Meggie.
(c) Father Ralph.
(d) Stuart.

5. What attacks Stuart?
(a) A python.
(b) A dingo.
(c) A bear.
(d) A wild boar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Meggie's friend's family leave town?

2. Why is Fiona punished by her family?

3. What does Father Ralph tell Meggie when he returns for the funerals?

4. What does Mary Carson have difficulty keeping?

5. What is Paddy's job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Stuart during the search for Paddy?

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

4. What kind of employer is Mary Carson?

5. How has Fiona changed after Frank leaves home?

6. Describe Father Ralph's relationship with the Cleary family after Mary's death and the unveiling of her will.

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

8. Describe what Meggie wears to Mary Carson's birthday party.

9. How does Father Ralph act more like a private citizen than a representative of the church?

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

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