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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frank disappointed that his mother is not speaking to his grandmother in Chapter 5?
(a) The family has no one to watch the children.
(b) Angela is in a terrible mood.
(c) They cannot borrow sugar or tea from her.
(d) She cannot pick them up from school.

2. How does Frank spend his first wages in Chapter 15?
(a) He repays Aunt Aggie.
(b) He buys new clothes for himself and his mother.
(c) He takes Michael out to a movie and buys him something to eat.
(d) He spends the evening at the pub.

3. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Frank lost his prayerbook.
(b) Frank was sick in grandmother's yard.
(c) Malachy lost his job again.
(d) Angela did not bring enough food for dinner.

4. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?
(a) There is no place for him to sleep at Agnes's.
(b) Aunt Agnes hit him when he asks for food.
(c) He misses his mother and goes to see her.
(d) He is angry with Frank.

5. While at the hospital, what do the doctor's discover about Frank?
(a) He must have his tonsils removed.
(b) He has gained weight.
(c) He has pneumonia.
(d) He has broken his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Frank and young Malachy get coal in Chapter 10?

2. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?

3. Why is Paddy Clohessy's family doing well in Chapter 15?

4. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?

5. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?

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