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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisling bring to her interview in Chapter 8?

2. What does Elizabeth wonder after having sex with Stone in Chapter 8?

3. What does Violet admit in her note in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Violet argue with in Chapter 1?

5. Whose health worsens in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In regard to how Eileen would view her actions, what does Elizabeth decide in Chapter 9?

4. What paths do Aisling and Elizabeth pursue in Chapter 7?

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

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

7. What secret does Eileen keep from her family in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Aisling insist on going sightseeing? What shocks Aisling on a tour of the Art College?

9. What circumstance is forcing Violet to send her daughter Elizabeth outside of London?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Elizabeth's pregnancy and abortion. How does she become pregnant? Is it a surprise to her? How does she come to the conclusion to abort her pregnancy? What does Aisling think of abortion? Why does she feel this way? How does Elizabeth's abortion cause problems years later?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". Who are the members of Elizabeth's family? Who are the members of Aisling's family? How important is family to Elizabeth and Aisling? What obstacles do Elizabeth and Aisling face because of their families? How do their families help them overcome obstacles or grow as characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Elizabeth's and Aisling's growth as characters. How do they grow throughout the novel? How are they able to do this? How does their friendship evolve along the way?

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