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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 happens to Hal?

2. What does Father Ralph make Fiona promise him?

3. What does Fiona discover while packing?

4. What does Frank do after he hears reports about him and Paddy?

5. What does Ralph stop just short of explaining to Meggie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes disagreements between Frank and Paddy?

3. What are the land and climate like?

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

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

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

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

8. Why do the Clearys decide to move to Drogheda?

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

10. What are the negative aspects for Meggie of living a clannish existence on their farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank was obviously Fiona's favorite child as her first-born son. Describe in detail the ups and downs of Frank and Fiona's relationship from the beginning of the story. Why doesn't Fiona tell Frank from the beginning about Paddy and his father? Do you think it would have made a difference in the way Frank responded to Paddy throughout the years?

Essay Topic 2

You have been given the task of summarizing a character or characters from this novel in two or three paragraphs. Focusing on the character(s) of your choice, who will you write about? What will you highlight? Why did you choose the character(s) that you chose? Then summarize the character(s) you selected.

Essay Topic 3

Drogheda is more than land and a main house. For each of the following characters, write a paragraph outlining what Drogheda means to them.

1) Meggie.

2) Father Ralph.

3) Mary Carson.

4) Fiona.

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