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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does Frank read to Mr. Timoney?
(a) The Holy Bible.
(b) "Gulliver's Travels."
(c) "The Tempest."
(d) "A Modest Proposal."

5. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?
(a) They cannot afford any groceries.
(b) Frank falls in the mud and is dirty.
(c) Malachy is drunk and stumbling home.
(d) The only meat they can afford is a pig's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?

2. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?

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

4. For what religious event is Frank preparing for in Chapter 9?

5. How does Mr. Benson have the boys practice for communion?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Mr. Downes tells Angela that Malachy is drinking away all of the money in London. Why do you think this is so shameful to the family?

2. When Frank arrives home from the hospital in Chapter 8, he realizes that Malachy is unemployed again. Should Frank be surprised by this? Why or why not?

3. Why is Mikey not considered a "proper" Catholic?

4. Grandpa McCourt sends the family money in Chapter 7, and Malachy spends it on alcohol. Why is this particular act more despicable than Malachy's others?

5. Why is Frank so reluctant to take dance lessons in Chapter 5, and why is his mother so insistent that he take them?

6. What is the overall tone of Chapter 1? What events or details indicate that?

7. In Chapter 7, Frank gets and loses two jobs. Reflect on what this shows about the stability of his life.

8. Compare and contrast the character of Fintain with Frank.

9. Describe why Frank is ridiculed in Chapter 3 by his classmates when coming home from the butcher, and what this says about the children he goes to school with.

10. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse Malachy and his family bus fare home in Chapter 2?

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