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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the cause of death of the person whose funeral has just been held?
(a) Heart attack
(b) Car accident
(c) Cancer
(d) Alcohol poisoning

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

4. Who is visiting Dennis on the day Billy returns from Ireland?
(a) His son
(b) His father-in-law
(c) His neighbor
(d) His daughter

5. Mary's employer will let Mary and Eva go out with Billy and Dennis if ___________________________.
(a) The dishes are done
(b) Cocktails are over
(c) The children are put to bed first
(d) Supper is ready

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eva reveal in the letter?

2. How did Dennis' wife die?

3. What was the nature of Eva's death according to Dennis?

4. Who comes into the shoe store on the day Billy picks out shoes for Eva and her sisters?

5. How did Sheila get to work each day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dennis decide to tell Billy that Eva had died?

2. What was Billy's habit of writing notes to people?

3. Where does Dennis take Billy to tell him the truth about Eva?

4. How does Dennis' daughter meet Matt?

5. What do Billy's relatives recall about him at the bar?

6. How do Dennis and Billy meet the two sisters from Ireland?

7. How does the relationship between the Irish girls and Dennis and Billy evolve?

8. What is the Long Island house and how did Dennis come to own it?

9. Who is the Irish girl?

10. Describe how Billy's behavior is not far fetched, given the post-war climate they live in.

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