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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Frank excited to see when he is hospitalized the second time?
(a) Dr. O'Connor.
(b) Seamus.
(c) Nurse Rita.
(d) Mikey.

2. What is Paddy's dream?
(a) To become a doctor.
(b) To run away to India.
(c) To travel to China and adopt children.
(d) To start his own business in America.

3. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?
(a) Dirty magazines.
(b) A map of Ireland.
(c) A chocolate bar.
(d) Bread and jam.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank's teacher tell the boys who teased Frank about his shoes?

2. What happens to Macushla in Chapter 7?

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

4. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

5. Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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