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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did Mrs. Doyle run?

2. What does Paula say made her feel invisible?

3. How did Paula lose her child?

4. Who always took Paula to the hospital after she was beat?

5. What happened on Lambay Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed in the relationship between Paula's parents as Paula got older?

2. Why did Charlo think one gun would be enough to make the bank robbery successful?

3. What are some of the ways Paula was abused by Charlo?

4. What does Paula find funny about the death of her husband?

5. What does Paula find depressing about the Christmas story?

6. How does Paula imagine Kevin's life is like after his wife's death?

7. How did Mrs. Doyle's grandchild die, and what did Paula think of this?

8. What does Paula beg of the reader, and why?

9. What surprised Paula the first time Charlo met her family?

10. What does Paula say was her main reason for marrying Charlo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What were Paula's thoughts on education, and how did this change her actions. How did this ideal of his change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What did Paula do at Lambay Island, and how did what happened there change her ideas on life?

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