Eveline Reading Comprehension Quiz

When the story begins, where is Eveline and what is she doing?

• She is cleaning the house.

• She is at work thinking of a painting called The Bohemian Girl.

• She is looking out the window of her house and remembering her childhood.

• None of the above.

What is the setting of the story?

• The city of Bueno Aires

• A wharf in Dublin

• Along the Thames River in London

• None of the above

Which description best fits Eveline's father?

• grieving, tortured, and guilty

• happy and open-hearted

• supportive and nuturing

• violent, controlling, and critical

What is Eveline's life like?

• She takes care of Harry's children in her home.

• She nurses her mother who is very ill.

• She takes care of her father's household and works in a store.

• She works on the wharf and knows all of the sailors.

Who is Frank?

• Eveline's brother in England.

• A disabled boy Eveline played with as a child.

• A sailor who wants to take Eveline away and marry her.

• Eveline's boss in the store.

What choice does Eveline face?

• To live with Harry or her father.

• To stay with her father or run away with Frank.

• To keep her job or quit the store to become an actress.

• To go back to England or remain in Dublin to nurse her mother.

Why must Eveline now meet Frank secretly?

• Frank's wife now knows about Eveline.

• Eveline's father has forbidden her to see Frank.

• Eveline is too shy to be seen in public.

• Frank's mother has forbidden their relationship.

What does the street organ remind Eveline of?

• Her promise to her mother to take care of the family.

• The stories Frank tells of sailing the seas.

• Her happy days playing with her brothers.

• The Sunday shopping she has to do.

How does Eveline remember her mother's life?

• As one of happiness with a kind, gentle husband.

• As one of sacrifice and final madness.

• As one filled with respect.

• As on of adventure and risk.

An "ephiphany" is a moment of understanding and sudden insight. What insight does the end of the story contain?

• Eveline's brothers need her to run the house.

• Eveline cannot leave her home and duties in Dublin.

• Eveline's father will die soon.

• Eveline will marry Frank and leave Dublin.