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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A soccer club.
(b) An employment agency.
(c) A dancing class.
(d) A religious organization.

2. Why does the family call the upstairs of their home Italy and the downstairs Ireland?
(a) The downstairs has flooded and the upstairs is warm, like a vacation to Italy.
(b) The upstairs is cold and dirty, and the downstairs is where they spend their time.
(c) The downstairs reminds them of home, while upstairs is unfamiliar.
(d) The children made up the names because both places begin with the same letter.

3. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?
(a) He cannot read.
(b) He is always asking questions.
(c) He is always fighting with the other boys.
(d) His clothes are always dirty.

4. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) Food collected for the charity.
(b) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.
(c) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(d) The money the students collect for the church.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Malachy make his children promise when he gets them out of bed late at night after drinking?
(a) That they would go to work like him.
(b) That they would always protect their mother.
(c) That they would never drink.
(d) That they would die for Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?

2. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?

3. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?

4. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?

5. Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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