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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?
(a) Delivering newspapers.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Taking food to Galvin.
(d) Fetching coal.

2. Where does Aunt Aggie take Frank before he officially begins work at the Post Office?
(a) She takes him on the postal route so he can see where he is going.
(b) She buys him new clothes.
(c) She takes him to the pub for a drink.
(d) She takes him to meet his boss.

3. Why do the children go to live with Aunt Agnes for awhile in Chapter 10?
(a) Agnes is sick and needs help at home.
(b) Angela is sick and hospitalized.
(c) Agnes can better provide for the children.
(d) Frank is misbehaving.

4. How does Frank spend his tuition money?
(a) At the baseball game.
(b) At the cinema.
(c) On alcohol at the pub.
(d) On dirty magazines.

5. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?
(a) Mikey Molloy's mother sends them bread.
(b) He steals it.
(c) He borrows money from Grandma.
(d) He goes to Kathleen's store.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank spend his first wages in Chapter 15?

2. Where does Malachy run away to in Chapter 10?

3. Why does young Malachy have to visit Barrington's Hospital?

4. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?

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