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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 Moran realize about McQuaid once his stay is over?
(a) McQuaid is going to return to Great Meadow soon.
(b) Moran will one day be much wealthier than McQuaid.
(c) Moran has lost his oldest and best friend.
(d) McQuaid will most likely start a new business soon.

2. Which character heads to bed early by pretending to be sick?
(a) Moran.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Mona.
(d) Sheila.

3. Where did Rose work prior to returning to Ireland?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) United States of America.
(d) Spain.

4. What two things does McQuaid compliment as he sits with Moran?
(a) The house and the curtains.
(b) The beverages and the furniture.
(c) The girls and the meal.
(d) Moran and the weather.

5. What is the name of the farm that Moran and Rose live on?
(a) Great Hills.
(b) Rolling Hills.
(c) Rolling Meadows.
(d) Great Meadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moran know McQuaid?

2. How many daughter's does Moran have?

3. What type of work did Rose do before she returned to Ireland?

4. What is Rose's first impression of Moran after they first meet?

5. What kind of car does McQuaid drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does McQuaid mean when he says, "Some people can not bear to come in second"?

2. Why do the Moran's daughters come home to Great Meadow?

3. How did Rose meet Moran?

4. What is the importance of the ritual of the Rosary?

5. Why is Moran angry that more than half his children left Ireland to work in England?

6. What is the girls' plan for making their father feel better?

7. Why is money a sensitive subject between Moran and McQuaid?

8. In Section 1, what seems to foreshadow a change of power between the family members?

9. What are Moran's feelings about Rose during their post office courtship?

10. Why does Moran speak so highly about the war?

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