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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Taking food to Galvin.
(c) Delivering newspapers.
(d) Fetching coal.

2. Why do the children go to live with Aunt Agnes for awhile in Chapter 10?
(a) Agnes is sick and needs help at home.
(b) Frank is misbehaving.
(c) Agnes can better provide for the children.
(d) Angela is sick and hospitalized.

3. Why is Paddy Clohessy's family doing well in Chapter 15?
(a) Paddy's father died and his life insurance policy was huge.
(b) Paddy and his father now work in England and send money home.
(c) Paddy won money gambling.
(d) Mrs. Clohessy remarried a rich man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank nervous about delivering the telegram to Theresa Carmody's house?

2. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?

3. While at the hospital, what do the doctor's discover about Frank?

4. How does Agnes treat the children when they stay with her?

5. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?

(see the answer key)

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