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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hides with Paddy in the pipes to try and scare their other friends?
(a) Sinbad.
(b) Aidan.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Liam.

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

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

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

5. Who forbids Joseph de Veuster to become a priest?
(a) Joseph's mother.
(b) Joseph's father.
(c) No one.
(d) Joseph's grandfather.

6. When Paddy is swimming at the beginning of the novel, what is he stung by?
(a) A wasp.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A bee.
(d) A jellyfish.

7. What prayer does Paddy state that he prefers over others?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Our Father.
(c) A Child's Prayer.
(d) Salutations to Mary.

8. Paddy enjoys the smell of his desk at school. What does Paddy do to his desk one day?
(a) He steals it.
(b) He licks it.
(c) He cuts a piece off his desk.
(d) He carves his name in it.

9. What does Paddy's ma find running around in their toilet bowl?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A spider.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who falls asleep one day when Mr. Hennessey tells the class to lay their heads down so he can talk to another teacher?
(a) Patrick Clarke.
(b) Kevin Conroy.
(c) James O'Keefe.
(d) Ian McEvoy.

11. What does Paddy kill with a hurley?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A chipmunk.
(c) A cat.
(d) A rat.

12. What item does Paddy's father own that is in a red box?
(a) A gun.
(b) A record player.
(c) A belt.
(d) A trumpet.

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

14. Who is always the high priest Zentoga when the boys have a naming ritual on Fridays?
(a) Paddy.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Sinbad.
(d) James.

15. What is the name of the colony where Paddy's hero from his favorite story went?
(a) Molokai.
(b) Topikai.
(c) Holikai.
(d) Corpus Christi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which team is Paddy's favorite football/soccer team?

2. What group of priests does Joseph join?

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

4. Where does Paddy's da place the letter to Santa from Paddy and Sinbad?

5. Why does Paddy use a small spoon when eating ice cream?

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