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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?
(a) Frank ate Galvin's food before he got to the kiln.
(b) Frank sold the food.
(c) Frank dropped the food and it wasn't good anymore.
(d) Frank went to the cinema instead of taking the food.

3. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?
(a) When the children have completed their chores.
(b) When he is able to steal food.
(c) When Agnes is not around.
(d) When he has extra money.

4. Why is Paddy Clohessy's family doing well in Chapter 15?
(a) Paddy and his father now work in England and send money home.
(b) Paddy's father died and his life insurance policy was huge.
(c) Mrs. Clohessy remarried a rich man.
(d) Paddy won money gambling.

5. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?
(a) Malachy's chronic unemployment.
(b) Frank's illness.
(c) Their trip to Limerick.
(d) Frank's bad behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank nervous about delivering the telegram to Theresa Carmody's house?

2. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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