BROOKLYN, Colm Toibin

Question 1

Eilis’s expenses ( travel + accommodation) will be paid for by

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Father Flood

Question 2

Eilis’s best friend is

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Nancy Byrne

Question 3

What type of employment does Eilis secure in Brooklyn?

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Retail

Question 4

Although the narrative is seen from Eilis's perspective, she does not reveal much about her own personality.

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right

Question 5

Eilis’s father

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died

Question 6

Before sailing to America , Eilis spends a day with her brother Jack

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in Liverpool

Question 7

When events are seen from within a story, through a character's eyes and mind, it is called

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internal focalisation

Question 8

Where is Eilis's cabin when she boards the ocean liner?

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in third class

Question 9

Father's Flood's offer ( emigrating to Brooklyn) emphasizes

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the chance for Eilis to attain upward mobility

Question 10

The feeling that Eilis grapples with is

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homesickness

Question 11

Eilis’ brothers live

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in England

Question 12

What is the right statement?

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Her going to America is her family’s decision more than hers

Question 13

When Eilis meets Tony's family, Frank's humour

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helps to defuse the tense situation at dinner

Question 14

When Miss Kelly, Eilis's former employer in Enniscorthy, tells her she knows that she is in a relationship with Tony,

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all of the above

Question 15

What initially prevents Eilis from socializing with her roommates in Brooklyn?

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Homesickness

Question 16

What is a coming-of-age story?

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A narrative that explores personal growth from childhood to adulthood.

Question 17

After having sex out of wedlock with Tony, Eilis decides that they must

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go to confession at church

Question 18

Eilis is emigrating because

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there is no prospect for a young woman in Enniscorthy

Question 19

Brooklyn is a classic coming-of-age narrative which is apparent

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when Eilis sees herself through others' eyes upon returning to Ireland

Question 20

What is the climax of the narrative?

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When Father Flood tells Eilis that her sister has died

Question 21

When Tony picks up Eilis, Mrs Kehoe, the landlady, grills Tony with questions

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all of the above

Question 22

Type of narrative

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third person

Question 23

Tony tells Eilis that he and his brothers

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have bought a plot of land in Long Island

Question 24

In New York, diasporas live

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in an atmosphere of mistrust and tension

Question 25

After mass, Eilis notices that Father Flood is avoiding her.

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all of the above

Question 26

The church's annual Christmas dinner organized by Father Flood is attended

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by older men who helped build the bridges and tunnels in New York

Question 27

After reading the first letters from her family, Eilis

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plunges into sadness, wishing she were home with her family

Question 28

In the 1950s, Ireland had an economic downturn because

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it didn't benefit from the Marshall Plan due to its wartime neutrality

Question 29

Father Flood enrols Eilis in bookkeeping night classes

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to allow her to work her way up

Question 30

Eilis's roommates decide to shun Dolores, a newcomer, because

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she works as a cleaner and pays part of her rent by cleaning the house

Question 31

Upon reading her brother Jack's letter, Eilis

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is at loss and goes to Tony's house even though it's late

Question 32

Tony's family live in a small apartment made of two rooms where

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the front room serves as his parents' bedroom

Question 33

Unlike Eilis's family, Tony's family is

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boisterous and openly emotional

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