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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose shop do Paddy and his friends show their V's?
(a) William's.
(b) Patrick's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Tootie's.

2. When Paddy is stung while he is swimming, who does his mother offer to call?
(a) Paddy's father.
(b) Paddy's grandfather.
(c) No one.
(d) An ambulance.

3. What does Paddy's ma find running around in their toilet bowl?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A spider.
(c) A cockroach.
(d) A mouse.

4. Why does Paddy use a small spoon when eating ice cream?
(a) He doesn't like ice cream.
(b) It makes the ice cream last longer.
(c) No reason.
(d) His parents make him so he won't get sick.

5. What does Paddy want his vocation to be?
(a) Shop owner.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Priest.
(d) Doctor.

6. One day Mr. Hennessey reads a story in class. What word from the story baffles Paddy and his friends?
(a) Trellis.
(b) Substandard.
(c) Pruning.
(d) Bucko.

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

8. What does Paddy read that causes him to fear World War III?
(a) A textbook at school.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A note from a friend.
(d) A newspaper headline.

9. When Paddy is swimming at the beginning of the novel, what is he stung by?
(a) A jellyfish.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A wasp.
(d) A bee.

10. Who falls asleep one day when Mr. Hennessey tells the class to lay their heads down so he can talk to another teacher?
(a) Kevin Conroy.
(b) Ian McEvoy.
(c) Patrick Clarke.
(d) James O'Keefe.

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

12. Who is Paddy's favorite American pioneer?
(a) No one.
(b) Daniel Boone.
(c) Annie Oakley.
(d) Johnny Appleseed.

13. Where does Paddy light Sinbad's lips on fire?
(a) At home.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) The pipes.
(d) The school shed.

14. What prayer does Paddy state that he prefers over others?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Our Father.
(c) A Child's Prayer.
(d) Salutations to Mary.

15. Who is always the high priest Zentoga when the boys have a naming ritual on Fridays?
(a) Sinbad.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Paddy.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boys' favorite thing to jump when they are playing chase?

2. Where does the Clarke family eat their picnic meal?

3. What is another issue that Paddy and his da like to discuss?

4. What type of biscuits do Paddy and Sinbad eat at the picnic?

5. What do the boys like to write their names in at the beginning of the novel?

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