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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. In what construction material do Paddy and his friends sometimes play?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Pipes.
(d) Empty houses.
2. Where do Paddy and his family have a picnic shortly after they purchase their new car?
(a) Dollymount.
(b) Barrytown.
(c) Raheny.
(d) Mountains.
3. Who forbids Joseph de Veuster to become a priest?
(a) Joseph's grandfather.
(b) Joseph's father.
(c) No one.
(d) Joseph's mother.
4. What type of sandwiches does the Clarke family eat on their picnic?
(a) Chicken salad.
(b) Egg.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Ham and cheese.
5. What item does Paddy prefer for starting fires?
(a) A lighter.
(b) Rubbing sticks together.
(c) Matches.
(d) A magnifying glass.
Short Answer Questions
1. What prayer does Paddy state that he prefers over others?
2. Where does the Clarke family eat their picnic meal?
3. Which writer of the Irish Proclamation of Independence does Paddy say is his grandfather?
4. Paddy enjoys the smell of his desk at school. What does Paddy do to his desk one day?
5. What is the name of the colony where Paddy's hero from his favorite story went?
Short Essay Questions
1. Using details from the text, describe how Paddy's fort under the table is an indication that Paddy still wants to be a child.
2. Describe Paddy's relationship with his ma.
3. Where does the Clarke family go for Sinbad's Holy Communion and what happens when they are there?
4. What are some of the random facts that Paddy tells the reader he learned from reading?
5. How does Paddy react when he is stung by a jellyfish?
6. Using details from the text, describe how Paddy is stuck between being a child and becoming a teenager.
7. Describe what happens when Miss Watkins brings in a tea-towel with the Proclamation of Independence on it into Paddy's classroom.
8. What action during the family picnic causes Paddy to ruin Sinbad's biscuits? How does Paddy ruin the biscuits?
9. Paddy and his family go on a picnic. Describe how the picnic went and the general atmosphere of the picnic from Paddy's point-of-view.
10. Paddy and his friends became the Vigour Tribe for a day. What were some of the acts committed by the Vigour Tribe?
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