QUIZ BROOKLYN PART 1

Choose the correct answer(s )

1.Type of narrative : a) first person b) second person c) third person
2.Eilis has a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 siblings
3. Eilis’s father a) died b) is alive c) left his family years ago
4. Eilis lives at home with a) her mother b) her mother and sister c) her mother, sister
and brothers
5. Eilis is studying to become a) a teacher b)an accountant c) a saleswoman
6. Miss Kelly owns a) a bakery b) a grocery c) a butcher’s d) a clothes
shop
7. Eilis’s best friend is a) Miss Kelly b) Nancy Byrne c) Annette O’Brien d) George
Sheridan
8. Rose is a) 20 b) 30 c) 35
9. She is a) smart & glamorous b) shy & lacking confidence c) bitter & angry
10.Eilis goes to mass a) everyday b) every Sunday c) once a month d) only at
Christmas & Easter
11. Miss Kelly a) treats all ther customers the same way b) treats her customers differently
according to their social class c) is impolite to men
12.Eilis’ brothers live a) in Ireland b) in GB c) in the US d) in Europe
13. Nancy wants to marry George Sheridan because a) he is handsome b) he is smart
c) he is wealthy d) he is kind
14. Jim Farrel, George’s friend, a) snubs ( = shows disrespect) Eilis b) chats her up ( =
flirts with her ) c) is kind with her but not interested in a relationship
15. Father Flood a) is Irish but lives in the Us b) is American & lives in Ireland
16. Eilis is offered a job in Brooklyn in a) a factory b) an office c) a shop d) a workshop
17. Eilis’s expenses ( travel + accommodation) will be paid by a) Father Flood b) the
governmant c) the parish d) her family
18. Eilis is emigrating because a) there is no prospect for a young woman in Enniscorthy b)
her mother wants her to find a husband in the US c) she firmly believes in the American Dream
20. a) Eilis has mixed feelings about her emigrating b) Her going to America is her family’s
decision more than hers c) Her mother would have preferred for her to go to England
19. Eilis spends a day with her brother Jack before sailing to America a) in Dublin b) in
Liverpool c) in London d) in Birmingham
20.The woman( Georgina ) who shares Eilis’s cabin on the ship is a) English b) American
c) Irish
21. Eilis is travelling in a) 1st class b) 2nd class c) 3rd class d) 4th class
22.During the first night on board, she can’t use the toilets because a) the door is broken b) the
door has been locked by other passengers c) the toilets are disgusting d) there are none
24. Georgina comes back to her cabin because a) she is tired b) she was expelled from the
first class c) she she was expelled from the second class d) she was expelled from the third
class
23.Georgina a) manages to open the door to the toilet b) blocks the door to the other
passengers c) comforts Eilis and helps her d) is unpleasant to Eilis during the whole voyage
24.You can be stopped at Eilis Island if you a) look » too Irish » b) cough c) aren’t wearing
any make-up d)don’t speak English

What impression do you get about Eilis after reading the first part ? What sort of girl is she ?
( about 50 to 100 words )