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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Hannon goes to the hospital, what do the doctors say he is in danger of?
(a) Dying of pneumonia.
(b) Getting consumption.
(c) Getting gangrene.
(d) Dying of typhoid.

2. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?
(a) She has rheumatic fever.
(b) She has consumption.
(c) She has pneumonia.
(d) She has diphtheria.

3. 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) Malachy is out drunk and the family is worried.
(d) There is too much noise from outside.

4. How does Agnes treat the children when they stay with her?
(a) She is welcoming.
(b) She is ecstatic to have children in her home.
(c) She is hostile and unkind.
(d) She is quiet and does not react to their presence.

5. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A cement factory.
(b) The butcher's shop.
(c) A pub.
(d) A potato farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the other boys laughing at Frank when he first reports for work at the Post Office?

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

3. What does Frank confess at his first confession?

4. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?

5. Why is Frank called Blinky at school?

(see the answer key)

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