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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Agnes treat the children when they stay with her?
(a) She is hostile and unkind.
(b) She is quiet and does not react to their presence.
(c) She is welcoming.
(d) She is ecstatic to have children in her home.

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

3. Why is Frank nervous about delivering the telegram to Theresa Carmody's house?
(a) There are rumors that she is very mean.
(b) She never tips the delivery boys.
(c) She has consumption.
(d) Her family has a reputation for drinking too much.

4. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A dancing class.
(b) A religious organization.
(c) An employment agency.
(d) A soccer club.

5. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Job opportunities up north.
(b) Angela's happiness with Malachy.
(c) Frank's grandfather.
(d) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Frank spend his tuition money?

3. While at the hospital, what do the doctor's discover about Frank?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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