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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the other boys laughing at Frank when he first reports for work at the Post Office?
(a) He brings his mother to work with him.
(b) He shows up to work without being offered a job.
(c) He does not know how to do the job.
(d) He is dirty and his clothes are a mess.

2. 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 ecstatic to have children in her home.
(d) She is welcoming.

3. How does Frank spend his tuition money?
(a) At the cinema.
(b) On alcohol at the pub.
(c) On dirty magazines.
(d) At the baseball game.

4. What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?
(a) Reading lessons.
(b) Violin lessons.
(c) Irish dancing lessons.
(d) Gaelic lessons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?

2. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?

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

4. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?

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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