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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 Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?
2. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?
3. How does Frank spend his tuition money?
4. Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?
5. What is Paddy's dream?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Angela tells Malachy she is done having children. What is she really saying, considering their religious background?
2. Discuss Malachy's attitude towards work in Chapter 3.
3. What is the overall tone of Chapter 1? What events or details indicate that?
4. What does Grandma's attitude towards first communion and first confession in Chapter 4 tell you about the role of Catholicism in their lives?
5. Frank is hospitalized again in Chapter 9. What might this tell you about his overall health, and what might be the cause of it?
6. Why is Mikey not considered a "proper" Catholic?
7. How does the reader see Frank's emerging sexuality in Chapter 8?
8. When Frank arrives home from the hospital in Chapter 8, he realizes that Malachy is unemployed again. Should Frank be surprised by this? Why or why not?
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, we see again Angela questioning her faith. What is causing her to lose faith?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did Frank McCourt write "Angela's Ashes"? Consider what Frank's purpose for writing his memoir might be, and support your ideas with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Frank's family leaves America for Ireland at the beginning of the book, but Frank spends most of the book dreaming about going to America. Discuss the irony in this, and the journey required of Frank in order to leave Ireland and go to America.
Essay Topic 3
What does America seem to represent to Frank McCourt in "Angela's Ashes?" What does Ireland represent? In a comparison essay, examine the symbolic nature of these two places for Frank, using examples from the text to support your arguments.
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