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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?
(a) Frank's father has mended them using an old tire.
(b) They are wearing girls' boots.
(c) The boots have holes in them and are falling apart.
(d) The boots are falling off of them because they are too big.

2. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?
(a) He was not able to perform the duties of the job.
(b) Because he has been drinking on the job.
(c) He was late to work.
(d) Because Angela came to his work.

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

4. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?
(a) He falls off of the see-saw and injures himself.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He fights with Frank.
(d) He slips in the mud and hurts his ankle.

5. Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He i working late and she is worried.
(b) He has been arrested for drunken behavior.
(c) He forgets to pick the children up from school.
(d) Malachy is out late drinking instead of coming home with his wages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?

3. Where does Malachy meet Angela?

4. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?

5. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?

(see the answer key)

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