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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long will it take Eilis each way if she goes to Ireland for a visit?
(a) Five to six days.
(b) Nine to ten days.
(c) Four to five days.
(d) Seven to eight days.

2. What is one of the songs the musicians play at the dance when Eilis meets Tony?
(a) Come Out Ye Black and Tans.
(b) The Siege of Ennis.
(c) A Nation Once Again.
(d) The Irish Rover.

3. In Part III, where is the special law book store that Mr. Rosenblum recommends to Eilis?
(a) Thirty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue.
(b) West Twenty-third Street.
(c) Twenty-second Street and Fifty-third Avenue.
(d) East Forty-second Street.

4. What day of the week does Eilis go to the special law book store in Part III?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

5. Who does Eilis attend the first parish dance with in Part III?
(a) Patty and Diana.
(b) Miss McAdam.
(c) Miss McAdam and Sheila Heffernan.
(d) Sheila.

6. What day of the week did Miss Keegan usually light a fire at the boarding house?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

7. What does Eilis's mother say that Rose had been seeing a doctor for?
(a) Joint problems.
(b) Liver condition.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Heart condition.

8. What is Delores Grace's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Scrubber.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Shop girl.

9. What does Eilis want to do the afternoon after Father Flood has a memorial mass for Rose?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Go to Tony's.
(c) Have lunch.
(d) Go back to work.

10. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) About a half an hour.
(c) An hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

11. What is Mr. Rosenblum's first name?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Joshua.
(c) David.
(d) James.

12. How old are the first colored women who shop at Bartocci's in Part III?
(a) Middle-aged.
(b) Twenties.
(c) Thirties.
(d) Teens.

13. Why does Eilis not think that Miss McAdam and Sheila Heffernan can help her pick out clothes?
(a) They are too formal and stiff in their attire.
(b) They look dowdy.
(c) They have a horrible sense of color.
(d) They are too modern and loud in their attire.

14. At the first parish dance in Part III, what does Sheila get herself and the others to drink?
(a) Lemon soda.
(b) Coke.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Pepsi.

15. In Part III at the first parish dance, what is the first musician playing that Eilis notices?
(a) Drums.
(b) Cello.
(c) Accordian.
(d) Double bass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction is the special law book store located from Fifth Avenue?

2. Who does Father Flood announce will play for a dance in Part III?

3. Who will attend Rose's mass in Brooklyn with Eilis?

4. What is the name of the place where Eilis sees her first baseball game?

5. In Part III, how much bigger is Eilis's new room at the boarding house?

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