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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?
2. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?
3. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?
4. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"
5. What is the Confraternity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the overall tone of Chapter 1? What events or details indicate that?
2. In Chapter 5, we see again Angela questioning her faith. What is causing her to lose faith?
3. Compare and contrast the character of Fintain with Frank.
4. Consider the image of Malachy placing a pint of beer on Eugene's coffin in Chapter 2. What does this image represent to you? What does it mean?
5. Why is Mikey not considered a "proper" Catholic?
6. Nora Molloy is often institutionalized in the asylum. How does she feel about these hospitalizations? How are Nora's plight and Angela's plight similar?
7. Describe the treatment of the boys in Frank's class in Chapter 6 by the teachers and headmasters.
8. In Chapter 6, Paddy Clohessy's father has consumption. What does this tell you about their living situation?
9. Do you feel it was necessary for the McCourts, in Chapter 3, to move from the room on Hartstronge Street to Roden Lane? Why or why not?
10. How does the reader see Frank's emerging sexuality in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Frank McCourt's discussion of sexuality in "Angela's Ashes." How does Frank's emerging sexuality conflict with his religious beliefs? How does he find a compromise between the two?
Essay Topic 2
Frank's experiences in school help shape him as a man as he grows older through the book. Describe how his experiences in school make him more eager to go to America, more willing to take responsibility for his family, and better able to look at the world through mature eyes. Cite specific examples from the book to back up your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Consider the role poverty places in "Angela's Ashes." What is the role of economic struggle in the book? How do the characters deal with this struggle? How does this struggle shape their lives? Support your arguments with specific examples from the text.
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