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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix think of Eileen?
(a) She is pretty and funny.
(b) She is very reserved, but she might just be shy.
(c) She is nasty to Alice.
(d) She is cold and unfriendly.

2. What did Alice think about living in New York City, from what she tells Felix?
(a) It was strange and disorienting.
(b) It was a lot like Dublin.
(c) It was too slow for her.
(d) It was magical.

3. What does Felix's taxi driver tell him about going to Alice's house in Chapter 21?
(a) He should definitely have called Alice first before appearing on her doorstep at that hour.
(b) He should bring Alice flowers.
(c) His girlfriend, Alice, is not going to be impressed with him showing up in the state he is in.
(d) Alice will be happy to see him.

4. In Chapter 19, what book is Eileen reading?
(a) The Golden Bowl.
(b) Strange Things.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Dead.

5. What did Alice tell Eileen she had read in the hospital during her nervous breakdown?
(a) The Quaran.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The collected works of W.H. Auden.
(d) James Joyce.

6. What does Alice ask Eileen for in the end of Chapter 22?
(a) To come visit Alice.
(b) To travel with Alice.
(c) To write a letter apologizing to Simon.
(d) To go back to school for her master's degree.

7. In Chapter 17, what does Felix do after getting to Alice's house?
(a) Faints.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Falls asleep on the couch.

8. What does Eileen tell Alice she thinks happiness will look like for her?
(a) Having a lot of money.
(b) Having a house with a lot of books, near a river, and being able to take care of her parents when they get older.
(c) Traveling all the time and never really putting down roots.
(d) Being married to Simon and having many children together.

9. What does Eileen's text that she sends to Simon say in the end of Chapter 19?
(a) It says she hates him.
(b) It says she is sorry.
(c) She never does send Simon a text.
(d) It says she will see him at the wedding.

10. In Chapter 22, what does Alice write to Eileen about art in general?
(a) It is definitionally useless.
(b) It requires patience.
(c) It is essential.
(d) It requires suffering.

11. What does Felix tell Alice she looks like without her clothes on?
(a) Very small.
(b) Like a model.
(c) Weak.
(d) Strong.

12. What does Eileen always think when something good happens to her?
(a) She thinks it will only get better.
(b) She wonders how long it will be until it turns out badly.
(c) She thinks her sister Lola will do something to ruin it for her.
(d) She thinks she can not really be happy until she is in a secure relationship.

13. Where does Eileen go to a party in Chapter 19?
(a) Pimlico.
(b) The Liberties.
(c) Blackrock.
(d) Sandymount.

14. What does Alice write to Eileen that she has come to realize about fame and money?
(a) They are wonderful.
(b) The attract the wrong kind of man.
(c) No one really deserves those things.
(d) They are different from what her mother said they would be.

15. What does Simon say he often feels like?
(a) Happy.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alice talk on the phone to in Chapter 17 that Felix walks in on her conversation with?

2. What does Alice say she is choosing to write to Eileen about when humanity is on the cusp of extinction?

3. What did Natalie once tell Simon living with him was like?

4. In the end of Chapter 18, what does Alice ask Eileen about?

5. Who does Alice read an article about online in Chapter 21?

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