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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paddy use to choke Brian Sheridan with while the boys are waiting to have their marks checked?
(a) A stick.
(b) His jumper.
(c) His hands.
(d) His belt.

2. In what construction material do Paddy and his friends sometimes play?
(a) Empty houses.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Pipes.
(d) Ropes.

3. When does Paddy's hero from his favorite story die?
(a) Palm Sunday.
(b) Good Friday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Ash Wednesday.

4. What Native American weapon does Paddy make?
(a) An Apache flop-head club.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A tomahawk.
(d) Paddy does not make a weapon.

5. What bread product does Paddy find the best for making "hosts"?
(a) Ordinary sliced bread.
(b) None.
(c) Paper.
(d) Vienna roll.

6. What type of car does Paddy's father buy?
(a) A Ranger.
(b) A Cutlass.
(c) A Cavalier.
(d) A Cortina.

7. What is the boys' favorite thing to jump when they are playing chase?
(a) Hedges.
(b) People.
(c) Sidewalk cracks.
(d) Nothing.

8. Whose da 'howls at the moon'?
(a) Liam and Adian's.
(b) No one's.
(c) Kevin's.
(d) Paddy and Sinbad's.

9. Who is the main character of the novel?
(a) Paddy Clarke.
(b) James O'Keefe.
(c) Sinbad Clarke.
(d) Kevin.

10. In what town do the boys live?
(a) Motown.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) Barrytown.

11. Where is Paddy's usual seat in the class after the spelling test on Fridays?
(a) Along the windows.
(b) At the front of the class.
(c) In the back by the coats.
(d) In the middle somewhere.

12. What is the record number of pages that Paddy's ma read in one night?
(a) 56.
(b) 17.
(c) 112.
(d) 42.

13. What is blocking the pipe at the Clarke house that causes the drain to become clogged?
(a) Hair.
(b) Toys.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) A dead mouse.

14. How old is Paddy's da in the novel?
(a) 23.
(b) 33.
(c) 54.
(d) 42.

15. Who is Mr. O'Connell's girlfriend?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Joan.
(c) Mary.
(d) Hellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical activity that the boys at Paddy's school use to hurt each other is banned by the headmaster?

2. Where does the Clarke family eat their picnic meal?

3. What weather element dampens the Clarke family's picnic?

4. What group of priests does Joseph join?

5. Who forbids Joseph de Veuster to become a priest?

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