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

2. Who sits all night with Maeve on the night that Billy dies?
(a) Dennis
(b) Dennis' daughter
(c) Her neighbor
(d) Kate

3. Why had Dennis accepted the bribe money all those years ago?
(a) To put a down payment on a house
(b) To help with Billy's fund to bring Eva to America
(c) To take a cruise
(d) To buy a motorcycle

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

5. Where does Dennis go on a service call that afternoon?
(a) A restaurant
(b) A black church
(c) A school
(d) A hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had sent Maeve the item stuck in the mirror?

2. What happened to Maeve when she used to help Billy to bed when he was drunk?

3. Who identifies Billy's body on the day he dies?

4. The first time Billy had gone to dinner at Maeve's, she spills ______________ on the floor.

5. Who would help Maeve get Billy to bed when he was drunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maeve recall about her first date with Billy?

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

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

4. How does Dennis respond when his daughter asks him about his faith now?

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

6. What does Dan share about Billy and Maeve's relationship the night of the funeral?

7. What does the episode with the black minister remind Dennis of?

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

9. How does this chapter exemplify the differences between how families have changed between Dennis' generation and that of his children?

10. What happens when Dennis makes a service call to a black church?

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