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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 does Maeve do in the early days of her courtship with Billy in order to get to see him?
(a) Joins his church
(b) Throws her father's shoes down the incinerator and has to go to the shoe store
(c) Sits in the coffee shop across the street
(d) Drives up and down his street

2. Billy is shocked to find out that Eva _______________________.
(a) Is buried in another part of Ireland
(b) Wrote him letters and never sent them
(c) Is the station manager's wife
(d) Saved all the money he had sent to her

3. What do Dennis' kids do after his wife dies?
(a) Take turns staying with him
(b) Leave him on his own
(c) Invite him to stay with them
(d) Move in with him

4. Dan tells Dennis and his daughter that no one thought Billy would ________________________.
(a) Become an alcoholic
(b) Die so young
(c) Marry after Eva died
(d) Go to Ireland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would help Maeve get her father to bed when he was drunk?

2. Who does not encourage Dennis to cry?

3. What does Dennis' daughter see stuck in the mirror in Maeve's bedroom?

4. What does Billy write on a post card for Maeve?

5. Dennis tells his daughter that he ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for Chapter 7?

2. When does Dennis admit to losing his faith?

3. How does the theme of love extend in Chapter 8?

4. What does Maeve recall doing to insure that she would see Billy more than once?

5. What is Dennis' daughter's relationship with Matt, the tenant's son?

6. How did a friendship between Maeve and Dennis begin to form?

7. How does Dennis' faith in Billy's dream extend past practicality?

8. What does Dennis do on the day that Billy dies?

9. How would Billy's life had been different had he married Eva, at least according to Dan Lynch?

10. Explain the symbolism of the postcard Billy sent Maeve many years ago.

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