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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. In Chapter 4, what are there are a lot of in December?
(a) Crows.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Births.
(d) Deaths.

2. How old was Furlong when his mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. What are many girls doing when Furlong makes his delivery in Chapter 4?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Making candles.
(c) Polishing the floors.
(d) Cooking eggs.

4. Who is in charge of the convent?
(a) The Ladies of The Rosary.
(b) The Good Shepherd nuns.
(c) The Tartan Sisters.
(d) The Mount Carmelite Windsors.

5. What does the nun chastise Furlong about?
(a) His pants looking strange.
(b) The load of coal being too light.
(c) His glasses.
(d) Upsetting the geese on the lawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Furlong's girls do together in Chapter 3?

2. What kind of book does Furlong say he might like for Christmas?

3. What do the Furlong girls drink together in Chapter 3?

4. What is the Irish Republic entitled to, according to the 1916 Proclamation?

5. Where does Eileen say she will do the Christmas shopping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about December in New Ross?

2. What does one girl ask Furlong when he makes a delivery at the laundry in Part II?

3. What kind of weather is Ireland known for?

4. What do the Furlongs use to cook upon?

5. What does Furlong get for Christmas one year as a child that disappoints him?

6. Where did Furlong grow up?

7. What is Furlong's business like?

8. What is the predominant religion in Ireland?

9. What tradition do the five Furlong daughters do every Christmas?

10. In Part II, what kind of existential worry does Furlong have?

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