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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results when Stephen is bullied again?
(a) His glasses break.
(b) He gets a bloody nose.
(c) He runs away from Clongowes.
(d) He fights back.

2. 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 and expulsion
(d) a choice between flogging or the stocks

3. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He does not understand fully what they talk about.
(b) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.
(c) He takes in everything and understands.
(d) He begins to formulate new political ideas.

4. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?
(a) visit the rector
(b) put tacks in Father Dolan's chair
(c) run away from the school
(d) call the police

5. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?
(a) Tusker Boyle
(b) the bully Wells
(c) Father Arnall
(d) Father Dolan

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?

2. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

3. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

4. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?

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

(see the answer key)

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