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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Violet worry about after receiving Elizabeth's letter in Chapter 3?
(a) Her lack of homesickness.
(b) Her extreme homesickness.
(c) Her grades in school.
(d) Her health.

2. Who does Aisling hit it off with in Chapter 10?
(a) Stone.
(b) Violet.
(c) George.
(d) Harry.

3. How does Eileen react to Dr. Lynch's words in Chapter 5?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She is humiliated.
(d) She is moved.

4. What does Aisling bring to her interview in Chapter 8?
(a) A newspaper article about her work.
(b) Some jam preserves.
(c) The certificates from her school.
(d) Her youngest sister.

5. How does Stone treat Elizabeth after they have sex in Chapter 9?
(a) Rudely.
(b) With much affection.
(c) Aggressively.
(d) With respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Aisling turn in Chapter 9?

2. What does Joannie wonder about Violet and Harry's relationship in Chapter 7?

3. Who asks Aisling to marry him in Chapter 9?

4. What does Elizabeth begin attending in Chapter 4?

5. Who is Maureen dating in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. After leaving St. Mark convent school years ago, what have Violet and Eileen done with their lives?

2. What overwhelms Elizabeth when she arrives at the O'Connor household?

3. What decision do the adults in Elizabeth's life reach in order to settle their problems?

4. What regrets does Elizabeth have as she settles back into life in London?

5. How is Elizabeth accommodated as a non-Catholic? What do the nuns fail to notice about her in Chapter 4?

6. What does Sean Jr. have a desire to do and why?

7. In Chapter 3, what do Elizabeth's and Eileen's first letters to the Whites refer to?

8. Who does Violet White damn at the beginning of the novel?

9. What event does Elizabeth look forward to in Chapter 4? What does she worry might ruin this event?

10. What does Sean Sr. want before he would allow Sean Jr. to fight with the English?

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