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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?
(a) Eggs, butter, and sugar to make sweets.
(b) A new bag of coal.
(c) Brother Michael.
(d) New clothes for the children.

2. Once the family rents a room, why are they unable to sleep that first night?
(a) The heat does not work.
(b) The mattress has fleas.
(c) There is too much noise from outside.
(d) Malachy is out drunk and the family is worried.

3. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?
(a) He and Angela take the boy to church to be blessed.
(b) He sucks the mucus out of his nose so that he can breathe.
(c) He gives the boy a drink of beer to clear his sinuses.
(d) He rushes him to the doctor.

4. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"
(a) He is round, like a dot.
(b) He has a large birthmark on his face.
(c) He is small, like a dot.
(d) His middle name is "Dot."

5. Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?
(a) There will be no food at home.
(b) He has learned that his parents know he skipped school.
(c) His mother has consumption.
(d) His father found out he went to the cinema.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson?

2. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?

3. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

4. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?

5. Because they do not have bus fare home, where does the family sleep that night?

(see the answer key)

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