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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(b) A place where there is no rain.
(c) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(d) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.

2. What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?
(a) Irish dancing lessons.
(b) Reading lessons.
(c) Violin lessons.
(d) Gaelic lessons.

3. What does Agnes say at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) That Frank is a fool for wearing a dress.
(b) That Frank is doing more to help his family than his father ever did.
(c) Frank should quit school.
(d) Frank should go home to Angela.

4. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?
(a) He brings the boys food.
(b) He dismisses class early.
(c) He likes America.
(d) He sleeps in class.

5. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) The money the students collect for the church.
(b) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(c) Food collected for the charity.
(d) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, where do Paddy and Frank go when they skip school?

2. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Where does Aunt Aggie take Frank before he officially begins work at the Post Office?

4. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"

5. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?

(see the answer key)

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