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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Angela insist on going to the Labour Exchange with Malachy after Oliver's death?
(a) She wants to see how much money he is getting.
(b) She wants to get Malachy's dole before he can spend it all on alcohol.
(c) She does not want to be alone.
(d) Malachy has forgotten to collect his dole in the past.

3. Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9?
(a) He has pneumonia.
(b) He has conjunctivitis.
(c) He has consumption.
(d) He broke his leg.

4. What do Paddy and Frank eat when they go to Finlan's for lunch?
(a) Scraps from last night's dinner.
(b) Bread and jam.
(c) They are not fed.
(d) Potato soup.

5. What great change occurs in Mikey's father in Chapter 11?
(a) Mikey's father decides to stop drinking.
(b) Mikey's father leaves his mother.
(c) Mikey's father quits his job.
(d) Mikey's father has the consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the telegram boy bring a telegram to the family?

2. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?

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

4. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?

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

(see the answer key)

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