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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Malachy agree to go work in England?
(a) His father is living in England.
(b) He is tired of Ireland.
(c) Angela wants to move there.
(d) America has joined the war.

3. Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?
(a) She is the only one they have to drag out, because she enjoys the quiet and escape from the "real" world.
(b) She enjoys the company in the asylum.
(c) She is in love with one of the doctors.
(d) Her kids drive her crazy, and she enjoys the break.

4. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?
(a) He is caught cheating.
(b) He is fighting because the boys were teasing him.
(c) He is caught skipping school.
(d) He steals some food from the other children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?

2. What is the Confraternity?

3. For what religious event is Frank preparing for in Chapter 9?

4. What does Seamus bring Frank in the hospital?

5. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the treatment of the boys in Frank's class in Chapter 6 by the teachers and headmasters.

2. Why is Frank so reluctant to take dance lessons in Chapter 5, and why is his mother so insistent that he take them?

3. Describe Paddy Clohessy's life as seen in Chapter 4. Do you think he is better or worse off than Frank?

4. Why does Frank feel sorry for the Spellacies in Chapter 7?

5. What is the overall tone of Chapter 1? What events or details indicate that?

6. How does the reader see Frank's emerging sexuality in Chapter 8?

7. Grandpa McCourt sends the family money in Chapter 7, and Malachy spends it on alcohol. Why is this particular act more despicable than Malachy's others?

8. What does Frank miss most about the hospital when he arrives home in Chapter 8? Would you feel the same way?

9. Describe why Frank is ridiculed in Chapter 3 by his classmates when coming home from the butcher, and what this says about the children he goes to school with.

10. In Chapter 5, Malachy begins to write letters for people who are unable to write. He always tells these people to keep their money, but Angela always takes it. What does this tell you about their priorities?

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