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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of sandwiches does the Clarke family eat on their picnic?
(a) Ham and cheese.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Egg.
(d) Chicken salad.

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

3. Where do the gang of boys like to light fires?
(a) At the school shed.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) At the building site.
(d) In their backyards.

4. What type of biscuits do Paddy and Sinbad eat at the picnic?
(a) None.
(b) Marriettas.
(c) Marginerines.
(d) Buttermilk.

5. Who owns a farm that Paddy and his friends enjoy playing in?
(a) The Donnellys.
(b) No one.
(c) The corporation.
(d) The Parkers.

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

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

8. What does Paddy want his vocation to be?
(a) Priest.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Shop owner.
(d) Doctor.

9. What game are Paddy and his friends playing when Liam breaks his teeth?
(a) Grand Prix.
(b) Grand National.
(c) Grand Stand.
(d) Grand Day.

10. Who stops trimming the hedges in the fields because the hedges are going to be dug up?
(a) No one.
(b) The corporation manager.
(c) The mayor.
(d) County council.

11. What does Paddy light between Sinbad's lips?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Lighter fluid.
(c) A candle.
(d) A cigar.

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

13. What do the V's that Paddy and his friends write on their chest with a marker stand for?
(a) Vigour.
(b) Victory.
(c) Viper.
(d) Violence.

14. Who does Paddy's da blame when the Clarke family's drain gets blocked once?
(a) Paddy's ma.
(b) Paddy.
(c) Sinbad.
(d) No one.

15. What personal element do Paddy and his da have in common?
(a) Their name.
(b) Their personalities.
(c) Their height.
(d) Their weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Paddy and his family have a picnic shortly after they purchase their new car?

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

3. Whose da 'howls at the moon'?

4. When Paddy is stung while he is swimming, who does his mother offer to call?

5. How does Paddy's ma fasten Paddy's trousers when she cannot zip them?

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