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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) She cannot pick them up from school.
(d) They cannot borrow sugar or tea from her.

3. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Her dress is ripped.
(b) She had disappeared overnight.
(c) She is begging for charity at churches.
(d) She is drunk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?

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

3. Why does Frank feel guilty after Theresa is gone?

4. Why do the children go to live with Aunt Agnes for awhile in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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