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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?
(a) He is robbed walking home.
(b) He spends all of the wages on new clothes for the children.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He spends all of the wages on alcohol.

2. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A religious organization.
(b) An employment agency.
(c) A soccer club.
(d) A dancing class.

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

4. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?
(a) Malachy is disgusted by his own name.
(b) Malachy was drunk and the clerk writing the birth certificate did not understand what he was saying.
(c) The child is named for Angela's father.
(d) The child is given an American name.

5. Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?
(a) She is the only one they have to drag out, because she enjoys the quiet and escape from the "real" world.
(b) She enjoys the company in the asylum.
(c) She is in love with one of the doctors.
(d) Her kids drive her crazy, and she enjoys the break.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?

2. Why does Frank stop working for Mr. Timoney?

3. What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?

4. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?

5. Why is Declan upset with Frank in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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