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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paddy and Frank eat when they go to Finlan's for lunch?
(a) Bread and jam.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Scraps from last night's dinner.
(d) They are not fed.

2. Why does Frank miss his collection?
(a) His grandmother makes him stay home and help her with chores.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) His grandmother makes him return to church for a confession.
(d) His father is out drinking and cannot take him.

3. Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He forgets to pick the children up from school.
(b) Malachy is out late drinking instead of coming home with his wages.
(c) He i working late and she is worried.
(d) He has been arrested for drunken behavior.

4. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?
(a) Because Angela came to his work.
(b) He was late to work.
(c) He was not able to perform the duties of the job.
(d) Because he has been drinking on the job.

5. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.
(b) Angela's happiness with Malachy.
(c) Job opportunities up north.
(d) Frank's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?

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

3. Where does Malachy meet Angela?

4. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?

5. Philomena urges Angela to make sure she doesn't have anymore children. Why?

(see the answer key)

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