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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the family rents a room, why are they unable to sleep that first night?
(a) Malachy is out drunk and the family is worried.
(b) The heat does not work.
(c) There is too much noise from outside.
(d) The mattress has fleas.

2. Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?
(a) His father found out he went to the cinema.
(b) He has learned that his parents know he skipped school.
(c) There will be no food at home.
(d) His mother has consumption.

3. Because they do not have bus fare home, where does the family sleep that night?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) In the police barracks.
(c) On the street.
(d) Inside a homeless shelter.

4. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?
(a) The man believes that Malachy has enough money.
(b) The man is angry that Malachy wasted his time.
(c) Malachy also requested money for a pint of beer.
(d) The IRA is completely out of money.

5. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A potato farm.
(b) A pub.
(c) The butcher's shop.
(d) A cement factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Paddy's father in Chapter 6?

2. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?

3. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?

4. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?

5. Why does Angela cry on the way home from Paddy's home?

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