Angela's Ashes | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. Where were both of Frank's parents born?

Ireland.

2. Frank's father, Malachy, originally comes to America for what reason?

He is wanted for crimes committed while fighting for the IRA.

3. Where does Malachy meet Angela?

At a party in America.

4. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?

Malachy was drunk and the clerk writing the birth certificate did not understand what he was saying.

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

Malachy drinks too much and does not have a job.

6. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?

He falls off of the see-saw and injures himself.

7. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?

He spends all of the wages on alcohol.

8. Why does...
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