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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. Why does Eve resent the Westward family who are her relatives?

2. What does Jack Foley plan to do when he takes his father to Knockglen?

3. Why does Dr. John Foley want his son, Jack, to drive him to Knockglen?

4. What does Benny overhear in the ladies' room?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hope and the reality about Benny's new dress for the party.

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

3. What develops for Eve as a result of the accident?

4. Why does Clodagh tell Fonzie not to write her any more letters?

5. Describe the meeting of Jack, Benny, and Nan at the hospital.

6. How does Eve accept Benny's explanation for why she cannot stay overnight with Eve?

7. What is Nan's comment when Benny cannot stay for Frank's funeral and has to take the bus back home?

8. How does Eve eventually find out about the extent of her injuries?

9. What is the tragedy at the end of Chapter 3?

10. Explain why Benny is an only child.

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 Empathy. Mother Francis is the most empathetic character in the novel. Discuss in your essay the different ways she deals with Eve, Kit, and Heather. Conclude with an evaluation of empathizing with people's particular problems.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the value of Loyalty Among Friends. Divide the essay into three main points--the need for friends; the effects of disloyalty among friends; and what is gained by being loyal to a friend.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on How Adults and their Biases Can Ruin the Lives of Children. Begin with Eve and the absurdity of her grandparents to refuse to take her in after her parents died because her father had been Catholic. Demonstrate how their behavior made Eve bitter and hurt her deeply without any fault of her own. Next deal with Heather who was taken in after her parents were killed only to suffer almost the same treatment that Eve had. Heather wants to attend Mother Francis' school but runs into the objection that it is a Catholic school. Simon and his grandfather want to send her to a boarding school she hates. conclude with a generality about how many different things adults do may make a child's life miserable.

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