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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eve ask of Mother Francis that no one will tell her?
(a) what her condition is
(b) where she is
(c) how she got there
(d) how long she will have to stay in hospital

2. Who does Benny's father send Patsy to bring to the house?
(a) Dr. Johnson
(b) the parish priest
(c) Sean Walsh
(d) Mother Francis

3. Why does Eve not visit Knockglen on the weekends?
(a) she hopes to be asked out on dates on the weekends
(b) she does not want to see Mother Francis
(c) she helps Kit with the boys on weekends
(d) she has to study to make up what she missed

4. What comment does Aengus make about Benny's dress?
(a) it's definitely her color
(b) it's the best dress at the party
(c) it looks like the prow of a ship
(d) she's popping out of it

5. What is Benny's dilemma at the hospital?
(a) whether to call home or wait until she arrives
(b) whether to leave Eve or stay the night with her
(c) whether to call Mother Francis or Mother Clare
(d) whether to talk or keep quiet

6. What is it about Eve that makes Benny jealous?
(a) her many friends
(b) her money
(c) her social status
(d) her gracefulness

7. What opinion do Eve and Benny have of Sean?
(a) they do not like him
(b) they think he is funny
(c) they want to marry him
(d) they think he is handsome

8. Why does Nan not notify her parents?
(a) she knows they don't care
(b) her mother is at work and her father will make a fuss
(c) her mother has a heart condition
(d) she thinks they will make her come home

9. Why does Kit Hegarty think Frank will be all right at the university?
(a) because he won't have time to ride his motorbike
(b) because she has a brother in dublin
(c) because he never takes chances
(d) because he is familiar with Dublin

10. What is making Benny feel stupid?
(a) having to come home every night from university
(b) having to wear jumpers
(c) having to study to be a secretary
(d) having to avoid Sean Walsh

11. Who does Eve meet at Westlands she had known nothing about?
(a) her cousin, Heather
(b) the new cook
(c) her grandmother
(d) Simon Westward

12. Benny and Eve are going to Dublin to study, but where is Eve going instead of the university?
(a) a convent to teach small children
(b) a convent to study to be a secretary
(c) a convent to become a nun
(d) a convent to work for the Mother Superior

13. What does Brian complain about Nan studying upstairs?
(a) her snobbishness with the rest of the family
(b) he never gets to see her
(c) she is not influencing her siblings
(d) the extra electricity bill for heating her room

14. What does Nan bring to Eve in the hospital?
(a) a novel to read
(b) a bunch of violets
(c) a university catalog
(d) a few recent magazines

15. Who prays to find the money to send Eve to university?
(a) Mrs. Healy
(b) Benny
(c) Annabel
(d) Mother Francis

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benny not attend the funeral for Jack?

2. Who calls for permission to come visit Mother Francis?

3. Why can't Benny accept Eve's invitation to stay overnight with her?

4. What is Dun Lagohaire?

5. Who is the blonde girl Benny meets at the accident site?

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