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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(b) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.
(c) A place where there is no rain.
(d) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.

2. What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson?
(a) Selfish and greedy, refusing to teach the boys about Catholicism.
(b) Kind and nurturing to the boys and excited to talk about his faith.
(c) Devoted to his Catholicism, but hates answering questions about it.
(d) Quiet and timid, answering questions slowly and only when asked multiple times.

3. 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) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.
(d) Frank's grandfather.

4. Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?
(a) He is fighting with Frank.
(b) He steals bread from school.
(c) He is urinating against a wall instead of using the chamber pot.
(d) He comes home late.

5. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?
(a) She once dated a senator.
(b) She was a great student.
(c) She was an excellent dancer.
(d) She was always poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

2. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?

3. What is the Confraternity?

4. How does Mr. Benson have the boys practice for communion?

5. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?

(see the answer key)

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