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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?
(a) She has pneumonia.
(b) She has diphtheria.
(c) She has consumption.
(d) She has rheumatic fever.

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

3. Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?
(a) He is fighting with Frank.
(b) He comes home late.
(c) He steals bread from school.
(d) He is urinating against a wall instead of using the chamber pot.

4. Why do the children go to live with Aunt Agnes for awhile in Chapter 10?
(a) Agnes can better provide for the children.
(b) Frank is misbehaving.
(c) Agnes is sick and needs help at home.
(d) Angela is sick and hospitalized.

5. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Her dress is ripped.
(b) She had disappeared overnight.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is begging for charity at churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frank want Angela's red flapper dress?

2. After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub?

3. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?

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

5. Why do Frank and Laman fight in Chapter 13?

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