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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 career does Maureen O'Connor want to pursue in Chapter 3?
(a) Dress-making.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Teaching.

2. What does Elizabeth tell Stone she will do with Nick's girlfriend in Chapter 10?
(a) Trash nick's flat.
(b) Go out for tea.
(c) Plan their weddings.
(d) Prowl for men together.

3. Why is Elizabeth sent to Ireland?
(a) To attend a particular school.
(b) To work as a servant.
(c) Her family can't afford to support her.
(d) London is being bombed.

4. What does Harry suggest Elizabeth do in Chapter 8?
(a) Get married.
(b) Take a trip through Europe.
(c) Transfer to the local art school.
(d) Move into her own flat.

5. Why does Sean Sr. damn his son in Chapter 4?
(a) For being absent from the shop.
(b) For picking on his sisters.
(c) For stealing money from the shop.
(d) For taking the truck for a drive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the manager at Murray's?

3. Where does Aisling eventually get a job in Chapter 8?

4. What is Maureen caught doing in Chapter 4?

5. What does Elizabeth send Aisling for her birthday in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Elizabeth write to Aisling about in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 10, to what does Aisling equate sex?

5. How does Aisling's job search go in Chapter 8?

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

7. How does Joannie end up being sent to a convent school in Chapter 7?

8. What does Eileen worry over concerning Elizabeth's arrival?

9. What does Violet announce the day before Elizabeth's sixteenth birthday?

10. What could have interfered with Eileen's willingness to take in Elizabeth?

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