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

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

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

4. How do Frank and young Malachy get coal in Chapter 10?
(a) They pick up lose pieces on the street.
(b) They borrow it from the pub owners.
(c) They steal money to buy it.
(d) They steal it by causing a distraction.

5. Why do the McCourt children laugh at Aunt Agnes while they are staying with her in Chapter 10?
(a) She has a wart on her face.
(b) She uses a chamber pot.
(c) She cannnot cook.
(d) She falls down the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?

5. Where does Aunt Aggie take Frank before he officially begins work at the Post Office?

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