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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Aisling and Tony stay on their wedding night?
(a) The Shelbourne Hotel.
(b) The Southbank Hotel.
(c) The Scarborough Hotel.
(d) The Seaside Hotel.

2. What does Henry want Elizabeth to stop doing in Chapter 19?
(a) Pressuring him to find a better job.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Speaking to Stone.
(d) Staying at home with the baby.

3. What does Aisling suggest Ethel do in Chapter 17?
(a) Have her son put in treatment.
(b) Go on a trip.
(c) Cancel Christmas.
(d) Get her own flat.

4. How does Tony look until the service begins in Chapter 13?
(a) Jumpy.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Sick.

5. How does Elizabeth's father feel about Elizabeth's new position in Chapter 11?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is offended.
(c) He is proud.
(d) He is unimpressed.

6. Who is Barbara?
(a) Violet's nurse.
(b) The woman Stone is seeing.
(c) The woman Henry had an affair with.
(d) Elizabeth's co-worker.

7. How many days are Aisling and Elizabeth in Ireland in Chapter 19?
(a) Five days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Fifteen days.
(d) Twenty days.

8. Who do people blame for Tony's drinking in Chapter 16?
(a) His father.
(b) Tony himself.
(c) Aisling.
(d) Shay.

9. What does Simon tell Elizabeth over dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) That Simon is attracted to Elizabeth.
(b) Stone and Grace are together in Bangor.
(c) That Simon is getting married.
(d) That Stone is planning to propose.

10. How does Sean look as he walks Aisling down the aisle in Chapter 13?
(a) Like he's on top of the world.
(b) Like he knows Aisling is making a mistake.
(c) Like he has been drinking all morning.
(d) Like he is walking to an execution.

11. What pains Elizabeth when she sees Donal in Chapter 12?
(a) That he has clearly been crying.
(b) That he hasn't dressed up for the wedding.
(c) His limp.
(d) How thin he is.

12. Who dies by falling down a set of marble stairs in Chapter 20?
(a) Stone.
(b) Tony.
(c) Henry.
(d) Harry.

13. What does Henry conclude about his marriage to Elizabeth in Chapter 20?
(a) It is over.
(b) It is based on lies.
(c) It was the best thing he ever did.
(d) It was a mistake.

14. According to Elizabeth, what would she do if Henry turned to drink?
(a) Leave him.
(b) Blame herself.
(c) Force him to get treatment.
(d) Kill him.

15. Where does Aisling agree to go with Johnny in Chapter 19?
(a) Greece.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Simon plan to marry in Chapter 20?

2. How does Violet die?

3. How many weeks is Tony sober before resuming drinking in Chapter 18?

4. What do the men discuss with concern in Chapter 16?

5. What is Violet hospitalized for in Chapter 11?

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