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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Dennis get possession of the Long Island house?
(a) After his divorce
(b) As a gift from his stepfather
(c) When his parents divorced
(d) After his mother died

2. Who comes into the shoe store on the day Billy picks out shoes for Eva and her sisters?
(a) Sheila
(b) Dennis
(c) Eva
(d) A young woman and her drunken father

3. Where did Sheila work so she could continue going to school?
(a) A pet shop
(b) A bakery
(c) A cafe
(d) A department store

4. What relation is Dennis Lynch to the person whose funeral has just been held?
(a) Brother-in-law
(b) Husband
(c) Brother
(d) Cousin

5. What does Billy tell Dennis while at lunch?
(a) He is going back to Ireland
(b) He had seen Eva in Ireland
(c) He never wants to go to Ireland again
(d) He has a fatal disease

6. In what year does Billy return from Ireland?
(a) 1975
(b) 1965
(c) 1995
(d) 1985

7. What does Dennis' daughter want to know at the end of Dennis' story about Eva?
(a) If Maeve ever found out the truth
(b) If Billy ever found out the truth
(c) If she could tell Maeve now
(d) Why Dennis would keep this secret

8. Who lives in the Long Island house now?
(a) Billy
(b) Eva
(c) A year round tenant
(d) Dennis

9. When Dennis and Billy get up the nerve to talk to the two girls, where do they learn the girls are from?
(a) Vancouver
(b) South America
(c) England
(d) Ireland

10. What does Billy request of Eva when he sends her some money?
(a) Her and her sisters' shoe sizes
(b) A receipt
(c) A letter
(d) A scented hanky

11. Where do Dennis and his daughter pick up Billy when he returns from Ireland?
(a) Train station
(b) Airport
(c) Bus station
(d) Amtrak station

12. What is Billy's reaction to Dennis' deception about Eva?
(a) Really hurt
(b) Disappointed
(c) Explosive
(d) Not very angry

13. Why does Billy promise to send money?
(a) To bring Eva and her family to America
(b) To buy war bonds
(c) To give to orphans
(d) To set up a restaurant

14. Where does Billy go to pass the time while waiting for Eva to come from Ireland?
(a) Atlantic City
(b) Church
(c) Coney Island
(d) Bars

15. When did Billy learn the truth about Eva?
(a) Shortly before he died
(b) When Eva sent him a telegram
(c) When he went to Ireland
(d) When a classmate saw Eva in Ireland

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dennis and his daughter take Billy after lunch?

2. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

3. Dennis thinks that his mother is a ____________________.

4. What does everyone believe will be Maeve's life and career choice?

5. Who comes to the shoe store on the day that Billy learns that Eva has died?

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