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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the gang of boys like to light fires?
(a) At the school shed.
(b) In their backyards.
(c) At the building site.
(d) Nowhere.

2. Who does Paddy's da blame when the Clarke family's drain gets blocked once?
(a) Paddy's ma.
(b) No one.
(c) Paddy.
(d) Sinbad.

3. How does Paddy's ma fasten Paddy's trousers when she cannot zip them?
(a) By sewing the sides together.
(b) By using elastic.
(c) With a safety pin.
(d) She uses a belt to hold the sides together.

4. What does Paddy do after he is stung when he was swimming to get more attention from his ma?
(a) He never got stung.
(b) He stabs himself with a pencil.
(c) He burns the sting mark with a lighter.
(d) He squeezes the sting mark.

5. What illness does Paddy's classmate David Geraghty have?
(a) Polio.
(b) HIV.
(c) Lice.
(d) Cerebral Palsey.

6. What is one of the issues that Paddy and his da like to discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Paddy's friends.

7. When does Paddy's hero from his favorite story die?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Palm Sunday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Ash Wednesday.

8. What does Paddy kill with a hurley?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A chipmunk.
(c) A cat.
(d) A rat.

9. What Native American weapon does Paddy make?
(a) An arrow.
(b) Paddy does not make a weapon.
(c) An Apache flop-head club.
(d) A tomahawk.

10. What type of sandwiches does the Clarke family eat on their picnic?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Egg.
(c) Ham and cheese.
(d) Chicken salad.

11. Who owns a farm that Paddy and his friends enjoy playing in?
(a) The corporation.
(b) No one.
(c) The Donnellys.
(d) The Parkers.

12. What does the fella who went to Africa come back with in his stomach?
(a) Maggots.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Worms.
(d) Flies.

13. What item does Paddy prefer for starting fires?
(a) Rubbing sticks together.
(b) A lighter.
(c) A magnifying glass.
(d) Matches.

14. What do the O'Connell's eat at every lunch?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Crisps.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Fish.

15. What weather element dampens the Clarke family's picnic?
(a) Fog.
(b) Ice.
(c) Snow.
(d) Heavy rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Paddy's favorite American pioneer?

2. Who falls asleep one day when Mr. Hennessey tells the class to lay their heads down so he can talk to another teacher?

3. What item does Paddy request in a letter to Santa for Christmas?

4. In what era is the novel taking place?

5. How old is Paddy's da in the novel?

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