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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. During Eilis's first baseball game, when is there a break when she and the others can go to the bathroom and get food and drinks?
2. Who writes to Eilis after Rose's death?
3. Where do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy a plot of land?
4. How did Rose die?
5. What does Tony bring from home to drink when he takes Eilis to Coney Island in Part III, Section 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Eilis go to see Father Flood at the beginning of Part III, Section 2?
2. Why does Eilis not have to pay for her tuition for Brooklyn College?
3. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?
4. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?
5. What is Eilis's new room like in Part III, Section 1?
6. In Part III, Section 1, why does Eilis edit what she writes home in her letters?
7. What advice to Diana and Patty give Eilis before she goes to Coney Island with Tony?
8. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?
9. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?
10. Why does Mrs. Kehoe want to speak with Eilis at the beginning of Part III, Section 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eilis does not have a lot of input into the decision for her to go to America. Why not? Why does she decide to go even though it is not her idea originally?
Essay Topic 2
Eilis is suddenly struck by homesickness several weeks after being in America. What brings on her homesickness? How does it affect her? How is she able to deal with homesickness and acclimate to being in America?
Essay Topic 3
Eilis spends her first Christmas at the parish hall. Why does Eilis spend her first Christmas in Brooklyn at the parish hall? Does she have other opportunities to spend her second Christmas than going to the parish hall? What does she choose to do and why does she make that decision?
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