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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 67 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Furlong go to the convent in Chapter 4?
(a) To make a delivery.
(b) to have his laundry done.
(c) To get bread.
(d) To buy a rosary.

2. What does Mother Superior object to about the sailors in New Ross?
(a) They are foreigners.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are weak.
(d) They are all men.

3. Who does Furlong credit with saving him and his mother?
(a) The guards.
(b) The nuns.
(c) Mrs. Wilson.
(d) Henry.

4. What shop does Eileen want Furlong to buy her Christmas present in?
(a) Cleary's.
(b) O'Donnell's.
(c) Simmonson's.
(d) Hanrahan's.

5. How do the people feel about the weather in Chapter 1?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They hate it.
(c) They unhappily endure it.
(d) They love it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong have a head for?

2. Who does Eileen say can afford to be careless?

3. What does Eileen do with the letters the children write to Santa?

4. What does the Mother Superior call Furlong?

5. What year is the book set in?

(see the answer key)

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