1 The story features what kind of narrator? a third-person limited narrator a second-person narrator a third-person omniscient narrator a first-person narrator 2 Why does Eilis go to Brooklyn the first time? to find better economic opportunities because she is restless and tired of Enniscorthy because she wants a fresh start to visit a sick relative 3 Which of the following is probably NOT a reason Rose sends Eilis to America? because she knows she is sick and wants Eilis to have the life she can't have herself because there are better economic opportunities in America because she resents her sister because she is unhappy about the degrading work Eilis is doing for Miss Kelly 4 Who are the two American-born boarders at Mrs. Kehoe's house? Sheila and Diana Sheila and Miss McAdams Patty and Diana Miss Keegan and Patty 5 Which of the following is NOT a challenge Eilis faces in America? conflicts among the boarders racial tensions serious financial struggles homesickness 6 Which brother writes to Eilis to ask her to visit their mother? Jack Pat Martin Connor 7 Which of the following is a prominent theme in the book? home revenge beauty friendship 8 Why does Eilis think that dating George Sheridan would be a "dream" for Nancy? because his parents own a thriving business and he can give her a better life because he adores her because they are perfectly compatible because he's the most handsome man in the town 9 How does Father Flood help Eilis get over her homesickness? he introduces her to other Irish immigrants with whom she is compatible he enrolls her in a bookkeeping course he lets her call her mom every week at the parish he gets her involved with a Catholic community service group 10 What is the central conflict of the novel? Eilis's grief over Rose's death Eilis's lack of economic opportunities Eilis's indecision over whether to return to Ireland or remain in Brooklyn Eilis's pregnancy scare 11 Who is Miss Fortini? a friend of Patty's Eilis's supervisor at Bartocci's another salesgirl at Bartocci's a boarder at Mrs. Kehoe's 12 Which is NOT a place that Tony takes Eilis on a date? Coney Island an Italian restaurant a Dodgers game the movies 13 Which sport is Tony passionate about? baseball soccer rugby football 14 What does Tony say that alarms Eilis? that he does not want children that their kids will be Dodgers fans that he will never visit Ireland that they will have a big wedding 15 Which of Tony's brothers tell Eilis that their family does not like Irish people? Maurice Laurence Giovanni Frank 16 What is Eilis's career aspiration? to be a teacher to be a nurse to be a bookkeeper or accountant to run a business 17 What is the climax of the story? when Miss Kelly threatens to tell the town Eilis is married when Eilis marries Tony when Eilis decides to return to Enniscorthy when Rose dies 18 Rose is NOT: confident open charismatic glamorous 19 Why does Tony attend the Irish dances? because he likes Irish girls because he is half Irish to meet new people to avoid an ex-girlfriend 20 What is Tony's ambition? to study bookkeeping to start a plumbing business to study law to start a land-developing business 21 What did Eilis not reading Tony's letters signify? that she intended to run away with Jim Farrell that she was beginning to doubt her love for him that she was simply too busy to read them that she was angry with him 22 How did Eilis's mother show her that she wanted Eilis to stay in Enniscorthy? she never mentioned Brooklyn or asked Eilis about her life there she encouraged Eilis's relationship with Jim Farrell she promised Nancy that Eilis would come to her wedding without Eilis's permission all of the above 23 Who is Joshua Rosenblum? a classmate a local shop owner a friend of Tony Eilis's corporate law professor 24 Eilis's comment to Sheila that Bartocci's will surely miss her business, since she is such a paragon of style is an example of: synechdoche understatement verbal irony metonymy 25 Who does Eilis most look up to? her mother Rose Mrs. Kehoe Miss Fortini
