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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Benny's father send Patsy to bring to the house?

2. What is Benny's dilemma at the hospital?

3. Why will it be difficult for Benny and Eve to see each other in Dublin?

4. Why does Eve say Mrs. Healy doesn't like them now?

5. Who saves Benny from having to go home with Sean Walsh escorting her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Brian wants Nan to study downstairs with her brothers.

2. How does Jack learn what happened in the accident?

3. Describe the problem arising over Eve's future education.

4. How does Benny reprimand her father for sending Sean to bring her home?

5. What do Eve and Heather talk about as they get better acquainted?

6. Why is Nan not really interested in the boys from school?

7. How do Benny and Annabel discuss Eve?

8. How is Jack entertained in Knockglen?

9. What is Nan's activity at the dance?

10. What are two surprises Eve gets when she visits Westlands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Paying the Piper. The essay should center on Jack. Three main points are his looks and athletic ability that have many girls around him all the time; his failure to seduce Benny and substituting the opportunistic Nan; followed by his loss of Benny. Conclude with the generality that people pay for their mistakes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on The Character of Benny in Circle of Friends. Divide the essay into three main points--Benny physically, Benny mentally and psychologically, and Benny at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Simon Westward's Money Problems. Discuss the two sides of Simon--his willingness to help Eve with her tuition money and Heather's obvious affection for him as contrasted with his dalliance with Nan while still pursuing the English widow in order to get the money to save his family's estate. Conclude with an observation about how financial problems often affect the personality of the people who have them.

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