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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 Furlong have to do a last-minute delivery to on a Sunday in Chapter 5?
(a) The school.
(b) The convent.
(c) The sundry.
(d) The wharf.

2. What does Furlong worry is actually bothering Kathleen in Chapter 5?
(a) The men might be bothering her.
(b) She might be getting bad grades.
(c) She might have broken up with her boyfriend.
(d) She might be suffering from her broken leg.

3. Whose name does Furlong tell the Mother Superior he has taken himself?
(a) His own mother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His sister's.
(d) His brother's.

4. What does Furlong tell the woman who answers the door to tell the family in Chapter 6?
(a) Happy Christmas.
(b) Happy Thanksgiving.
(c) Happy New Year.
(d) Happy Easter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong wonder about himself as he makes the convent delivery in Chapter 5?

2. What trees line the way to the old Wilson house?

3. What does Eileen tell Furlong they have to do in order to keep what they have?

4. What does Furlong use as a term of affection towards his daughters and others?

5. Why can Furlong not get into the yard to make his delivery at first in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Sarah Redmond give for having been in the shed?

2. In Part III, what does Furlong tell the woman with the kettle he will give her?

3. Who does Furlong go to visit the same day he makes the delivery at the convent?

4. What does Furlong ask Sarah that she is too upset to answer?

5. In Part III, what does Eileen say to Furlong about his past for the first time?

6. What does the Mother Superior give to Furlong for Christmas?

7. Who does Furlong begin to think might be his father?

8. Why do people call in last-minute orders to Furlong before Christmas?

9. What does Furlong say sharply to Eileen in Part IV?

10. What does Eileen emphasize to Furlong about the girl he saw at the laundry?

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