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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. Why does Eileen get upset at the party in Chapter 19?
(a) Her friends are talking about Simon's girlfriend.
(b) She trips and embarrasses herself.
(c) She gets a headache.
(d) She drinks too much and passes out.

2. Who does Alice tell Felix she never talks on the phone with in Chapter 17?
(a) Mary.
(b) Richard.
(c) Simon.
(d) Eileen.

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

4. Who walks Eileen home from the party in Chapter 19?
(a) Aidan.
(b) Simon.
(c) Peter.
(d) Darah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alice think about living in New York City, from what she tells Felix?

2. What does Felix tell Alice about himself in the end of Chapter 17?

3. What does Eileen do to her own hair in Chapter 26?

4. What does Eileen's father do for a living?

5. In Chapter 21, where do Alice and Felix go for the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, who does Eileen tell Simon he reminds her of in some ways in the context of their relationship?

2. What does Eileen think she would want to tell God if she believed in God?

3. In Chapter 24, how are Simon and Eileen getting along when they travel to see Alice for the first time since Alice moved?

4. What does Eileen tell Simon she likes about their sexual dynamic?

5. What happens between Eileen and Simon on Lola's wedding day?

6. In Chapter 26, what does Simon tell Felix that greatly surprises Eileen?

7. Why does Eileen tell Alice she stopped writing essays, even though she really liked doing it?

8. In Chapter 25, what does Felix think of Eileen when he first meets her?

9. In Chapter 21, how does Felix treat Alice?

10. In Chapter 20, what reference does Eileen make in her letter to Alice about the Soviet Union?

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