Circle of Friends Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

Benny goes to college in Dublin, and all her friends live there, but her parents insist that she continue to live in their hometown of Knockglen and take the bus back and forth to school everyday.

Answer: Eve Malone

Benny and Eve had been friends since elementary school. They both meet Nan, Rosemary, and Sheila in college. In the end it turns out that Nan isn't much of a friend.

Answer: Simon Westward

The Westwards were Eve's mother's Protestant family. They cast her out when she became pregnant and married a Catholic handyman. After years of no contact with her family, Eve confronts her cousin Simon and asks him to pay for her tuition to the University in Dublin.

Answer: Jack Foley

Jack Foley lives in Dublin with his family. Sean Walsh lived above Hogan's Store until he was discovered stealing funds. Fonsie lives with his uncle Mario (they are the only two Italians in the town). Peggy Pine, Mother Francis' best friend, lives with her niece Clodagh. They run the clothing store.

Answer: Jack Foley

Jack Foley is the best looking boy in the University and has dozens of girls after him. Much to her surprise, Jack falls in love with Benny. They date for months, but then Benny's father dies. Benny starts to spend much more time in Knockglen, helping to run the business, and not much time with Jack. Finally Jack spends the night with Benny's "friend" Nan Mahon. Nan, who was secretly pregnant, told Jack that he was the father. Jack offers to marry Nan.

After an accident, however, Nan has a miscarriage, and ends the engagement.

Answer: Eve's cottage

Sarah Westward, Eve's mother, lived in a cottage in the woods with her husband until they both died. When Heather, Simon Westward's little sister, leaves school, she remembers the cottage from her visits with Eve and sneaks in.

Answer: Simon Westward

Nan's big plan was to marry into a good family and get away from her father, a drunk. She learns of the Westwards from Eve, and decides to try and snatch Simon for herself. Simon is interested, but tells her he cannot marry her after she informs him of her pregnancy. Desperate to find a father, Nan seduces her friend Benny's boyfriend, Jack Foley, and then tells him he is the father of her child. Jack agrees to marry her, breaking Benny's heart, but the engagement ends after Nan has a miscarriage. Aidan Lynch is Eve's boyfriend.

Answer: Mrs. Hogan

Before he died, Mr. Hogan was contemplating making Sean a full partner. Sean expects to manage Hogan's after Mr. Hogan's death. Benny, however, learns that Sean has been stealing from the store's funds and forces him to leave.

Answer: Patsy

Patsy, the Hogan's maid, gets married at the very end of the novel, to her boyfriend Mossy. Benny's father Mr. Hogan died in the middle of the book, Major Westward towards the end, and Frank Hegarty (Kit Hegarty's son) dies at the very beginning.

Answer: England

Eve was famous for her temper, and it flares up when she finds out that Nan brough both Simon and Jack to Eve's cottage, without her permission. Nan and Jack show up unexpectedly at Eve's party, where Eve finds out about Nan's betrayal. In a rage, Eve picks up a kitchen knife. Nan steps back, but trips and crashes into a door, cutting her arm. Nan has a miscarriage, she and Jack break their engagement, and she decides to go to England to become a dress maker.

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