View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Frank's boss at the Biltmore?

2. Where did Peter move when he left the Logan boarding house?

3. In Chapter 7, how much money was Frank sending home every week for his mother?

4. What did the bartender at Costello's tell Frank he had to read before he could come back to the bar?

5. Where did Dunphy's wife and children go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Frank move after he left Mrs. Austin's boarding house?

2. What did Mr. Herbert say to Frank and the class when Frank wrote about Jonathan Swift?

3. What caused problems between Frank and Emer?

4. What did the doctor tell Frank caused his bad eyes and what treatment did the doctor recommend?

5. What did Mr. Pugilio, who was doing the Blue Cross training, say would happen if someone lied on their application?

6. Why did Eddie Gilligan tell Frank that he was not allowed in the kitchens at the Biltmore?

7. Why did Frank lose his first three-day pass when he was in the army?

8. After quitting his Blue Cross training, what did Frank think as he looked at Ellis Island?

9. Why did Horace and Frank almost die in a fumigation room?

10. What happened when Frank took lemon meringue pie and ginger ale to watch Hamlet at a playhouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Frank's emotions the first Christmas that he spent in America.

Essay Topic 2

Frank thought it was very hard going through life not saying what came to his tongue. Discuss why Frank didn't usually say what he was thinking.

Essay Topic 3

Frank decided not to reenlist in the army. Discuss why Frank had to decide whether to reenlist and why he chose not to.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 935 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample