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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do Billy and Dennis tell about Billy's learning the truth about Eva?
(a) No one
(b) Their parish priest
(c) Their children
(d) Their wives

3. What does everyone believe will be Maeve's life and career choice?
(a) Nun
(b) Teacher
(c) Wife
(d) Secretary

4. What did Eva do with the money Billy had been sending her to come to America?
(a) Took a cruise
(b) Bought a house
(c) Bought a gas station in their hometown
(d) Gave it to charity

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

6. Who comes to the shoe store on the day that Billy learns that Eva has died?
(a) Dennis
(b) Sheila
(c) That same young woman without her father
(d) David

7. What is Sheila's priority in her life now?
(a) Her job
(b) Her children
(c) Her new husband
(d) Her church work

8. Dennis and Billy plan to return to their jobs at ______________.
(a) UPS
(b) Starbucks
(c) Con Ed
(d) FedEx

9. Where did Billy work in addition to his main job to make some extra money?
(a) Shoe Store
(b) Gas station
(c) Landscaping
(d) Shipyard

10. What is the name of the Irish girl?
(a) Ava
(b) Eva
(c) Mary
(d) Elise

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

12. What is the setting for Chapter 1?
(a) A K of C Hall
(b) A restaurant
(c) A school hall
(d) A bar

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

14. What was the man's profession?
(a) Insurance salesman
(b) Electrician
(c) Accountant
(d) Police officer

15. Where do the foursome go to have some quiet time?
(a) The park
(b) Lover's Lane
(c) The beach
(d) A country lane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the Long Island house now?

2. Why is the other girl in America?

3. Where did Sheila work when she quit school?

4. How does Billy treat the young woman's father?

5. Who is the spouse of the person whose funeral has just been held?

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