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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?
(a) Taking food to Galvin.
(b) Fetching coal.
(c) Delivering newspapers.
(d) Cooking dinner.

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

3. Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) There is consumption going around.
(b) It is cold outside.
(c) The boys at school are bullying the younger boys.
(d) The other families are bragging about the money their fathers sent home from England.

4. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?
(a) He is fighting because the boys were teasing him.
(b) He is caught skipping school.
(c) He is caught cheating.
(d) He steals some food from the other children.

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

6. Where does Malachy meet Angela?
(a) In Limerick.
(b) In church.
(c) On the boat coming to America.
(d) At a party in America.

7. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?
(a) He and Angela take the boy to church to be blessed.
(b) He rushes him to the doctor.
(c) He gives the boy a drink of beer to clear his sinuses.
(d) He sucks the mucus out of his nose so that he can breathe.

8. Why is Frank hospitalized?
(a) He has pneumonia.
(b) He has consumption.
(c) He has typhoid.
(d) He has appendicitis.

9. How does Mikey get hurt?
(a) Peter beats him up.
(b) He trips and falls into the river, breaking his arm.
(c) He twists his ankle running away from Peter's mother.
(d) The drainpipe he is on collapses, and he breaks his shoulder.

10. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?
(a) Angela will need help carrying the groceries.
(b) She wants Angela to buy her some groceries.
(c) She is worried the store owner will cheat Angela.
(d) Angela does not know where the store is.

11. What is Mr. O'Neill particularly enthusiastic about teaching?
(a) Euclid.
(b) Biology.
(c) American History.
(d) Music.

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

13. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?
(a) The boys stop and pick up pieces of coal on the side of the road.
(b) Pa Keating takes the boys to a pub where the owner gives them a bag.
(c) Malachy steals coal from the neighbors.
(d) Frank takes a temporary job shoveling coal.

14. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?
(a) Angela is the only who cleans the lavatory.
(b) They are very lucky to have a lavatory.
(c) The lavatory is too far away for the boys to use.
(d) It is killing them because it is infested with disease.

15. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?
(a) She has rheumatic fever.
(b) She has consumption.
(c) She has pneumonia.
(d) She has diphtheria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?

2. How does Frank earn money from Mr. Timoney?

3. Once the family rents a room, why are they unable to sleep that first night?

4. Why does Angela cry on the way home from Paddy's home?

5. Why does Mickey die?

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