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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank confess at his first confession?
(a) He was thinking dirty thoughts about girls.
(b) He was disrespectful to his mother.
(c) He was drinking in the alley after school.
(d) He was listening to dirty stories.

2. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?
(a) He has not followed the rules in church.
(b) He has bad manners.
(c) He is too poor.
(d) He is not old enough.

3. Why does Mickey die?
(a) He has consumption.
(b) He has typhoid.
(c) He has pneumonia.
(d) He is in a bad fight.

4. 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 never drink.
(c) That they would die for Ireland.
(d) That they would always protect their mother.

5. Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9?
(a) He has pneumonia.
(b) He has conjunctivitis.
(c) He has consumption.
(d) He broke his leg.

6. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?
(a) New clothes for the children.
(b) A new bag of coal.
(c) Brother Michael.
(d) Eggs, butter, and sugar to make sweets.

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

8. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?
(a) Frank hides it so he can give it to his mother.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He gives it to Paddy Clohessy.
(d) He teases the other boys with it.

9. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?
(a) The old house reminded Angela too much of Eugene.
(b) The old house was flooded.
(c) The new house is less expensive.
(d) The new house is closer to Angela's family.

10. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?
(a) The man believes that Malachy has enough money.
(b) Malachy also requested money for a pint of beer.
(c) The man is angry that Malachy wasted his time.
(d) The IRA is completely out of money.

11. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) With two less children, the charity gives them less.
(b) With Angela's new job, the charity feels they do not need as much.
(c) There is less money for the charity to give.
(d) Malachy had been drinking away all of the money.

12. Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?
(a) To ask his boss to give her Malachy's wages.
(b) To visit her husband and bring him lunch.
(c) To apply for a job herself.
(d) To show her children where their father is working.

13. What does Grandma think will help Frank's eyes?
(a) Closing them for three days.
(b) St. Anthony's spit.
(c) Washing them with salt water.
(d) Eating an onion boiled in milk.

14. Why are Angela and Malachy angry with Frank in Chapter 6?
(a) He was spending time with Paddy.
(b) Frank stole money to go to the cinema.
(c) Frank stole apples from the orchard.
(d) They learned he skipped school.

15. After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub?
(a) Malachy has put his glass on Eugene's coffin.
(b) Malachy does not seem to be upset about Eugene's death.
(c) Malachy is drinking instead of attending the funeral.
(d) Malachy has spent the money intended for the funeral on alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandpa McCourt send for the new baby?

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

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

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

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

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