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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. What was Matthew Quirke set for?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) The priesthood.
(c) An idle life.
(d) A future in banking.

2. What newspaper does Lucy buy?
(a) Irish Times.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Dublin Spectator.
(d) Ireland Today.

3. Where does Ralph fight?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

4. What do they play at the asylum?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Snakes and ladders.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Gin rummy.

5. What does the keeper show him how to do?
(a) Take apart the coffeemaker.
(b) Maintain the doorlocks.
(c) Scrub the teacups.
(d) Sharpen the razors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Everard has heard Ireland described as 'Ireland of the ________.'

2. What did the army offer Horahan when his period of service ended?

3. What will Horahan make for Lucy?

4. Who were the beggars?

5. What animal is causing problems on Ralph's land?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Lucy's life and the world around her changed?

2. How does Everard reflect on his marriage to Heloise?

3. Describe Everard's journey back to Lahardane.

4. How do characters age in this chapter?

5. What happens to Heloise in this chapter?

6. What does Lucy make during the wintertime? What is its significance?

7. Who comes to visit Lahardane? Who was Lucy expecting?

8. Describe Horahan's visit with the Gaults.

9. What changes occur around Lahardane?

10. How does Horahan interpret the return of the Captain? How does he feel?

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