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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. Who does Elizabeth worry will steal Stone away in Chapter 11?
(a) A singer.
(b) A debutante.
(c) One of Elizabeth's classmates.
(d) A shop girl.

2. How do Aisling and Tony offend their relatives in Chapter 15?
(a) By not sending postcards during their honeymoon.
(b) By spending their first night alone in Dunloaghaire.
(c) By skipping Christmas dinner.
(d) By returning a few wedding gifts.

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

4. What is Ethel hospitalized for in Chapter 18?
(a) A fall down the stairs.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Dizzyness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisling suggest Ethel do in Chapter 17?

2. What does Henry want Elizabeth to stop doing in Chapter 19?

3. What does Simon tell Elizabeth over dinner in Chapter 15?

4. Who do people blame for Tony's drinking in Chapter 16?

5. Who is Tony Murray seeing in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Aisling begin an affair with in Chapter 20? Who almost discovers the affair?

2. What causes Tony to start drinking again in Chapter 16?

3. What does Aisling innocently reveal to Henry in Chapter 20?

4. What insensitive behavior does Stone repeat in Chapter 19?

5. What career progress does Elizabeth make in Chapter 11? What does her father think about her activities?

6. How does Elizabeth's and Stone's relationship come to an end in Chapter 16?

7. What difficulties does Aisling face with Tony in Chapter 17? What conclusion does she come to about her marriage?

8. What does Aisling look forward to on her wedding day?

9. Why is Violet hospitalized in Chapter 11? What does George think of this turn of events?

10. What promise does Elizabeth make to Eileen before she dies?

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