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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. Who does Meggie not want to tell that she is married?
2. Who does Father Ralph bring news of when he goes to Drogheda for a visit after the war?
3. What happens to Patsy when he and Jims are at war?
4. Who does Archbishop de Bricassart encounter one evening?
5. What does Luke first invite Meggie to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Dane after his ordination?
2. What does Justine decide to do instead of attending college, and how does her family react to this news?
3. How does Meggie ensure that Luke will never question the paternity of their child?
4. Why doesn't Meggie attend Dane's ordination?
5. Following the end of the war, what happens with Father Ralph?
6. What previously introduced character reappears in Chapter 17, and what is this character's story?
7. In the life of the Cleary family, what two major events take place on September 2, 1945?
8. What are the Cleary brothers like?
9. What does Father Ralph do when he is back in Rome?
10. What are some things that Meggie realizes about Luke?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Father Ralph is an ambitious man. If he had known from the beginning that Dane was his son, would the story have changed? If so, in what way(s)? If not, why? Meggie did not want to humiliate Luke, but what other reasons might she have had for keeping the truth about Dane's paternity a secret? Do you think Meggie thought it might change things or perhaps figuratively back Father Ralph into a corner? Support your answers with details from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the character of Mary Carson. Why do you think she still supported Father Ralph after he would not have a sexual relationship with her?
Essay Topic 3
What motivates the following characters?
1) Fiona.
2) Paddy.
3) Mary Carson.
4) Meggie.
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