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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "After the Race".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eveline remembers that one day long ago she and her family had taken a picnic where?
(a) The moors.
(b) The wharf in Dublin.
(c) The seaside.
(d) The Hill of Howth.

2. The old man in "An Encounter" says that young boys can't read some of the works by which author?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Lord Lytton.
(c) Sir Walter Scott.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. Where is Eveline's mother?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is working in a factory.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She is pulling up weeds in the garden.

4. In "After the Race," which of the four men in the car is happy because of having had a good lunch?
(a) O'Brien.
(b) Father Flynn.
(c) Villona.
(d) Doyle.

5. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Detention.
(c) Lecturing.
(d) Whipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?

2. What is the name of the dead man in "The Sisters"?

3. Who are driving the blue cars in "After the Race"?

4. In "The Sisters," Eliza speculates that which object brought about the dead man's demise?

5. In what profession does Doyle's father became wealthy?

(see the answer key)

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