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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Job opportunities up north.
(b) Angela's happiness with Malachy.
(c) Frank's grandfather.
(d) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.

2. Why is Frank nervous about delivering the telegram to Theresa Carmody's house?
(a) She has consumption.
(b) There are rumors that she is very mean.
(c) She never tips the delivery boys.
(d) Her family has a reputation for drinking too much.

3. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?
(a) Their trip to Limerick.
(b) Frank's bad behavior.
(c) Malachy's chronic unemployment.
(d) Frank's illness.

4. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She had disappeared overnight.
(c) Her dress is ripped.
(d) She is begging for charity at churches.

5. Why does young Malachy have to visit Barrington's Hospital?
(a) He has consumption.
(b) The older Malachy's dentures have gotten stuck in young Malachy's mouth.
(c) Young Malachy has caught pneumonia.
(d) Young Malachy has drank some of his father's liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?

2. Why does Alphie get so upset in Chapter 10?

3. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?

4. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?

5. What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?

(see the answer key)

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