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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?
(a) There is no record of his service in the IRA.
(b) There is a waiting period for his pension check.
(c) The IRA is all out of money.
(d) He has come to the wrong office.

2. For what religious event is Frank preparing for in Chapter 9?
(a) To read a sermon.
(b) To volunteer in the church's soup kitchen.
(c) To become an altar boy.
(d) His confirmation.

3. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?
(a) Malachy sells his possessions.
(b) The family begs on the street.
(c) Malachy finds a temporary job.
(d) The police take up a collection to pay their bus fare.

4. Where does Frank's transfused blood come from?
(a) Pat Sheehan.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Sarsfield Barracks soldiers.
(d) The officers from the IRA office.

5. Where does the family stay when they are evicted in Chapter 12?
(a) With Margaret.
(b) With Malachy's family in Northern Ireland.
(c) With Angela's cousin Laman.
(d) In a shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank spend his tuition money?

2. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?

3. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?

4. Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?

5. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?

(see the answer key)

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