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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?
(a) his sister's wedding
(b) his father's heart attack
(c) a relapse of his illness
(d) Christmas holidays

2. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?
(a) His mother takes in laundry.
(b) He notices slight changes around the house.
(c) His father sells the automobile.
(d) He does not get new clothes.

3. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?
(a) a boy named Tusker Boyle
(b) a boy named Corrigan
(c) a boy named Simon Moonan
(d) a boy named Wells

4. What habit does Stephen hang onto?
(a) his habit of obedience
(b) his habit of writing poems
(c) his habit of cutting classes
(d) his habit of eavesdropping

5. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?
(a) a choice between flogging or the gauntlet
(b) a choice between flogging or public humiliation
(c) a choice between flogging or the stocks
(d) a choice between flogging and expulsion

Short Answer Questions

1. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?

2. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?

3. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?

4. What does Heron claim Lord Byron to be?

5. What does Stephen wonder about Father Arnall's getting upset?

(see the answer key)

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