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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank confess at his first confession?
(a) He was listening to dirty stories.
(b) He was disrespectful to his mother.
(c) He was drinking in the alley after school.
(d) He was thinking dirty thoughts about girls.

2. Why does Angela insist on going to the Labour Exchange with Malachy after Oliver's death?
(a) Malachy has forgotten to collect his dole in the past.
(b) She wants to get Malachy's dole before he can spend it all on alcohol.
(c) She does not want to be alone.
(d) She wants to see how much money he is getting.

3. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?
(a) The IRA is completely out of money.
(b) The man believes that Malachy has enough money.
(c) The man is angry that Malachy wasted his time.
(d) Malachy also requested money for a pint of beer.

4. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?
(a) Fetching coal.
(b) Delivering newspapers.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Taking food to Galvin.

5. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(b) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(c) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.
(d) A place where there is no rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

2. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?

3. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?

4. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?

5. Why does young Malachy have to visit Barrington's Hospital?

(see the answer key)

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