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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the O'Connell's eat at every lunch?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Fish.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Crisps.

7. What does Paddy pour on a slug?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Salt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pepper.

8. What weather element dampens the Clarke family's picnic?
(a) Snow.
(b) Heavy rain.
(c) Ice.
(d) Fog.

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

10. Who gets into trouble for doing the activity that is banned at Paddy's school by the headmaster?
(a) Patty.
(b) Kevin.
(c) James.
(d) Ian.

11. Which of Paddy's friends does not attend the same school as Paddy?
(a) Kevin Conroy.
(b) Edward Swanwick.
(c) James O'Keefe.
(d) Liam O'Connell.

12. On whose pillar does Kevin draw a mickey?
(a) The Kiernan's.
(b) The Sullivan's.
(c) The O'Connell's.
(d) The Clarke's.

13. What do the boys like to write their names in at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sand.
(b) Pipes.
(c) Wet cement.
(d) Mud.

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

15. Whose questions does Paddy never rush to answer?
(a) Sinbad's.
(b) Kevin's.
(c) His da's.
(d) Aidan's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Paddy's da in the novel?

2. What do the V's that Paddy and his friends write on their chest with a marker stand for?

3. Who stops trimming the hedges in the fields because the hedges are going to be dug up?

4. In what era is the novel taking place?

5. What game are Paddy and his friends playing when Liam breaks his teeth?

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