View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the McCourt children laugh at Aunt Agnes while they are staying with her in Chapter 10?
(a) She uses a chamber pot.
(b) She falls down the stairs.
(c) She has a wart on her face.
(d) She cannnot cook.

2. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) She is tired of working.
(d) She has gone crazy.

3. When Mr. Hannon goes to the hospital, what do the doctors say he is in danger of?
(a) Dying of typhoid.
(b) Getting consumption.
(c) Dying of pneumonia.
(d) Getting gangrene.

4. What happens when the family waits for Malachy at the train station?
(a) He arrives early.
(b) They are told that Malachy is not coming home at all.
(c) The train crashes.
(d) He does not arrive until the next day.

5. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?
(a) He borrows money from Grandma.
(b) Mikey Molloy's mother sends them bread.
(c) He goes to Kathleen's store.
(d) He steals it.

6. What does the Franciscan priest tell Frank about Theresa?
(a) She must be in hell.
(b) Her spirit is haunting Frank.
(c) She must be in heaven.
(d) He doesn't know where her soul ended up.

7. Why is Angela upset with Frank when he returns from the pub at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Frank was out past his curfew.
(b) Frank was drinking.
(c) Frank was stealing.
(d) Frank was fighting.

8. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?
(a) He misses his mother and goes to see her.
(b) He is angry with Frank.
(c) There is no place for him to sleep at Agnes's.
(d) Aunt Agnes hit him when he asks for food.

9. Where does the family stay when they are evicted in Chapter 12?
(a) With Malachy's family in Northern Ireland.
(b) With Margaret.
(c) In a shelter.
(d) With Angela's cousin Laman.

10. Why is Frank called Blinky at school?
(a) He squints because of the sun.
(b) His eyes have an uncontrollable twitch.
(c) He blinks to clean his eyes.
(d) He is tired and falling asleep.

11. Why is Paddy Clohessy's family doing well in Chapter 15?
(a) Paddy's father died and his life insurance policy was huge.
(b) Mrs. Clohessy remarried a rich man.
(c) Paddy won money gambling.
(d) Paddy and his father now work in England and send money home.

12. Why does Alphie get so upset in Chapter 10?
(a) He is sick with pneumonia.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) He has a dirty diaper.
(d) He is accidentally hit with a piece of coal.

13. Where is the priest that Frank meets on the boat from?
(a) Cork.
(b) New York.
(c) Shannon.
(d) Limerick.

14. What is Angela's new job in Chapter 17?
(a) Working in a factory in London.
(b) Shoveling coal.
(c) Reading to children.
(d) Caring for an elderly man.

15. What is the name of the ship Frank will take to America?
(a) The Irish Oak.
(b) The Ocean's Guide.
(c) The American Traveler.
(d) The Sea Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angela's note to Frank say at the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. What does Frank give Michael when he comes to visit in Chapter 14?

3. Why do the children go to live with Aunt Agnes for awhile in Chapter 10?

4. What does Frank do with Mrs. Finucane's ledger?

5. What does Frank find when returning with Mrs. Finucane's sherry?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 604 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample