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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Benson have the boys practice for communion?
(a) The boys practice drinking alcohol.
(b) Mr. Benson has the boys swallow bits of newspaper.
(c) The boys eat pieces of stale bread.
(d) Mr. Benson gives the boys tea and cookies.

2. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?
(a) It is killing them because it is infested with disease.
(b) They are very lucky to have a lavatory.
(c) Angela is the only who cleans the lavatory.
(d) The lavatory is too far away for the boys to use.

3. What is Mr. O'Neill particularly enthusiastic about teaching?
(a) Music.
(b) Euclid.
(c) American History.
(d) Biology.

4. What is wrong with Paddy's father in Chapter 6?
(a) He has left Paddy's mother.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He has consumption.
(d) He works too many hours.

5. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A cement factory.
(b) A potato farm.
(c) A pub.
(d) The butcher's shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?

2. What does Grandma mean when she says that she has "God in me backyard?"

3. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

4. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?

5. Why are Angela and Malachy angry with Frank in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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