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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Frank do with Pat Sheehan?
(a) Frank peels Mr. Sheehan's potatoes.
(b) Frank delivers coal with Mr. Sheehan.
(c) Frank sells newspapers.
(d) Frank cleans Mr. Sheehan's lavatory.

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Finucane want Frank to do?
(a) Carry her bags of coal.
(b) Write threatening letters to her customers.
(c) Read to her.
(d) Walk her dog.

5. Why does Frank miss his collection?
(a) His father is out drinking and cannot take him.
(b) His grandmother makes him return to church for a confession.
(c) His grandmother makes him stay home and help her with chores.
(d) He is not feeling well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?

2. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"

3. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?

4. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?

5. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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