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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the night Billy is buried, Dennis' daughter asks him if he still _________________________.
(a) Wants to live alone
(b) Loves his wife
(c) Struggles with his faith
(d) Wants to leave New York

2. What is another important theme in this chapter?
(a) Injustice
(b) Faith
(c) Injury
(d) Loyalty

3. Eva tells Billy that Mary has been married ________ times.
(a) 2
(b)
(c) 3
(d) 1

4. Which of the following is not one of the things that Dan feels would have prevented Billy from having an alcoholic's life?
(a) Marrying Eva
(b) Having the family life he wanted
(c) Having children
(d) Going to college

5. What does Dennis do after everyone is notified of Billy's death?
(a) Goes to a bar
(b) Goes back to work
(c) Goes to the beach
(d) Goes to sleep

6. Where does Billy ask Maeve to go after dinner?
(a) A movie
(b) The ice cream shop
(c) A bar
(d) The coffee shop

7. Where do people gather on the evening of Billy's funeral?
(a) The Last Chance Bar
(b) Buster's Bar
(c) Maeve's living room
(d) Hooter's

8. What does Maeve do when she realizes the voice she heard belongs to Dennis, not Billy?
(a) She faints
(b) She screams
(c) She swears
(d) She vomits

9. When does Dennis lose his faith?
(a) When his daughter dies
(b) When Billy dies
(c) When his wife dies
(d) When Eva dies

10. What does Dennis do with the item the minister gives him?
(a) Puts it in his pocket
(b) Smashes it against a wall
(c) Throws it in the trash
(d) Drops it on the ground

11. What had happened on the night Dennis was denied a promotion?
(a) Dennis' wife got sick
(b) Eva died
(c) Dennis' daughter was born
(d) Billy called to talk about Eva

12. Maeve clearly won Billy's _____________, if not his heart.
(a) Fidelity
(b) Loyalty
(c) Respect
(d) Affection

13. Which of the following is not true about Eva's life?
(a) She has a good life
(b) She married Billy
(c) She has grandchildren
(d) She has children

14. What episode is Dennis reminded of when the minister tries to bribe him?
(a) When he got fired from his first job
(b) When he lost a promotion for taking a bribe
(c) When he stopped believing in anything spiritual
(d) When he dropped out of the church

15. Who arrives at the house to calm Maeve?
(a) The mayor
(b) The monsignor
(c) The funeral director
(d) The parish priest

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maeve's father tell Maeve about Billy's asking her to go out after dinner?

2. What does Maeve do when she hears Dennis' voice?

3. Where does Billy stop for directions while driving in Ireland?

4. What do most people tell Dennis to do after his wife dies?

5. What does Dennis talk to Dan Lynch about on the drive home?

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