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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9?
(a) He broke his leg.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He has consumption.
(d) He has conjunctivitis.

3. Why is Declan upset with Frank in Chapter 7?
(a) Frank has been eating all of Declan's food.
(b) Frank has not been attending Confraternity meetings.
(c) Frank has been stealing newspapers.
(d) Frank showed up to his Confraternity meetings dirty.

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

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

6. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?
(a) Frank hides it so he can give it to his mother.
(b) He teases the other boys with it.
(c) He gives it to Paddy Clohessy.
(d) He throws it away.

7. What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?
(a) Margaret was given a proper Catholic burial.
(b) Malachy sold her body for drink money.
(c) The body was cremated.
(d) The body disappeared from the morgue.

8. Why does Angela cry on the way home from Paddy's home?
(a) She is relieved that Paddy is alright.
(b) She is sad that Paddy's father is ill when she has known him for so long.
(c) She is upset with Frank for skipping school.
(d) She is happy to see Paddy's family.

9. Where does Frank's transfused blood come from?
(a) His mother.
(b) The officers from the IRA office.
(c) Pat Sheehan.
(d) The Sarsfield Barracks soldiers.

10. What does Frank most want to see at the cinema?
(a) An old American western.
(b) A James Cagney movie.
(c) A science fiction thriller.
(d) A Disney cartoon.

11. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Angela did not bring enough food for dinner.
(b) Frank was sick in grandmother's yard.
(c) Malachy lost his job again.
(d) Frank lost his prayerbook.

12. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) With Angela's new job, the charity feels they do not need as much.
(b) With two less children, the charity gives them less.
(c) Malachy had been drinking away all of the money.
(d) There is less money for the charity to give.

13. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?
(a) Angela will need help carrying the groceries.
(b) She is worried the store owner will cheat Angela.
(c) Angela does not know where the store is.
(d) She wants Angela to buy her some groceries.

14. What does Malachy believe is wrong with Frank in Chapter 8?
(a) He has growing pains.
(b) He drank too much.
(c) He has pneumonia.
(d) He ate bad bread.

15. What does Frank read to Mr. Timoney?
(a) "A Modest Proposal."
(b) The Holy Bible.
(c) "Gulliver's Travels."
(d) "The Tempest."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

2. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?

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

4. Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?

5. When told there is no work in Ireland, Malachy decides to go to Dublin. Why?

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