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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. What is Mr. Rosenblum's first name?
2. Who will attend Rose's mass in Brooklyn with Eilis?
3. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?
4. What time are Tony and Eilis married in a civil ceremony in Part III, Section 2?
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. How does Eilis feel as she watches her first baseball game?
2. What does Eilis do to avoid the second parish dance in Part III, Section 1?
3. Why does Eilis go to see Father Flood at the beginning of Part III, Section 2?
4. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?
5. How does Tony treat Eilis at the first baseball game they attend together?
6. What does Mr. Rosenblum suggest Eilis do when she asks him if there is anything she can read to prepared for the final exam?
7. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?
8. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?
9. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?
10. Why does Eilis not have to pay for her tuition for Brooklyn College?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eilis discovers who she is as she lives in America. What discoveries does Eilis make about herself? How do those discoveries help her to grow and mature? Why is her self-discovery an important theme in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Eilis wants to be a bookkeeper. What expectations were there for married women in the 1950s? How might her relationship with Tony affect her career plans? How might it be possible for her to have a career even if she marries Tony?
Essay Topic 3
Eilis begins spending time with Jim. Why does she spend time with him? Why does she not avoid him or tell him that she is married? How do her choices to spend time with him affect Jim and herself?
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