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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. Against what surface does someone smash one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?
(a) The floor.
(b) The wall.
(c) The ceiling.
(d) The stove.

2. Before Connell meets Jamie, Marianne gives Connell what instruction?
(a) She tells him to mind his manners.
(b) She tells him to laugh at Jamie's jokes.
(c) She tells him not to intimidate Jamie.
(d) She tells him to stay quiet.

3. What adjective does Connell privately use to describe Marianne's friend Peggy?
(a) Bossy.
(b) Loud.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Quiet.

4. Who shatters one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Niall.
(d) Jamie.

5. Helen tells Connell that his Sligo accent is what?
(a) Bad.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Gone.
(d) Thick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Connell reflects upon the fact that capturing an experience on paper makes him feel as if he is capturing it inside what object?

2. Connell envisions Marianne's future, he always imagines her in what position?

3. What adjective does Connell use to characterize the overall personality of Helen?

4. What is Jamie's height, in relation to Marianne's height?

5. Once Connell has been with Helen for a while, he decides that Marianne is different from him in what major way?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Connell procrastinate when enacting his back-up plan for summer housing?

2. How is the motif of violence depicted within Connell's feelings about Jamie?

3. When Connell finds that he will not be able to pay rent over the summer in his Dublin flat, what is his back-up plan?

4. What simile does Rooney use to describe Connell's feelings about writing and why?

5. How does Connell react to the split between him and Marianne and how does Marianne handle it?

6. By April of 2012, Connell and Marianne have fallen into a certain routine. What is it?

7. What does it mean to Marianne when she wins the full scholarship to graduate school, according to Connell?

8. Discuss Rooney's use of a literary device to depict, foreshadow, or imply violence.

9. Describe Helen's impressions of Marianne.

10. What happens to foil Connell's Plan B for staying in Dublin over the summer?

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