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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?
(a) He cannot read.
(b) His clothes are always dirty.
(c) He is always fighting with the other boys.
(d) He is always asking questions.

2. Why does Angela cry on the way home from Paddy's home?
(a) She is upset with Frank for skipping school.
(b) She is happy to see Paddy's family.
(c) She is relieved that Paddy is alright.
(d) She is sad that Paddy's father is ill when she has known him for so long.

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

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

5. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?
(a) They are very lucky to have a lavatory.
(b) The lavatory is too far away for the boys to use.
(c) It is killing them because it is infested with disease.
(d) Angela is the only who cleans the lavatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Confraternity?

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

3. What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson?

4. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?

5. How is Frank able to attend the cinema at the end of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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