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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people feel about the weather in Chapter 1?
(a) They love it.
(b) They unhappily endure it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They are indifferent to it.

2. What does a girl in Chapter 4 ask Furlong to do for her?
(a) Give her his coat.
(b) Take her as far as the river so she can drown herself.
(c) Take her home with him.
(d) Feed her.

3. What are Furlong's earliest memories of?
(a) Churches.
(b) Coal.
(c) Serving plates, a black range, and a shining floor.
(d) Tables.

4. What happens to the weather as Furlong leaves the convent?
(a) It starts raining hard.
(b) A fog is coming down.
(c) It starts to snow.
(d) The sun comes out.

5. Who is Furlong's oldest child?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Helen.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Aoife.

6. What paper do Furlong and Eileen read?
(a) The Independent.
(b) The Bear-Times.
(c) The Galway Bay.
(d) The Kildare Courier.

7. What year is the book set in?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1946.

8. Where does Furlong spend most of his infancy?
(a) In the orphanage.
(b) In the coal house.
(c) In a moses basket in Mrs. Wilson's kitchen.
(d) In the laundries.

9. What kind of tree is in the town square for Christmas?
(a) Norway Spruce.
(b) Red Maple.
(c) Parling Narc.
(d) Hendring Spire.

10. What does Mrs. Kehoe like to say about feeding the men?
(a) Fish is only for Fridays.
(b) Pork is only for Tuesdays.
(c) The empty sack cannot stand.
(d) Beef is only for Sundays.

11. Who does Furlong give change to while he is foraging sticks along the road?
(a) Paul Wellingsly.
(b) Ned Hendry.
(c) His nephew Michael.
(d) Mick Sinnott's little boy.

12. What is Furlong's first name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Allen.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bill.

13. What is the weather like in Chapter 1?
(a) Hot.
(b) Raw cold.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Sunny but mild.

14. Where does Eileen say she will do the Christmas shopping?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Galway.
(d) Cork.

15. What does Eileen do with the letters the children write to Santa?
(a) Saves them.
(b) Burns them.
(c) Mails them.
(d) Throws them in the bin.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Furlong?

2. What kind of book does Furlong say he might like for Christmas?

3. Why does Furlong go to the convent in Chapter 4?

4. What do the children take to bed with them every night?

5. Who is Furlong's middle child?

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