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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?
(a) Because Angela came to his work.
(b) Because he has been drinking on the job.
(c) He was late to work.
(d) He was not able to perform the duties of the job.

2. 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.

3. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?
(a) Malachy sells his possessions.
(b) The police take up a collection to pay their bus fare.
(c) The family begs on the street.
(d) Malachy finds a temporary job.

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

5. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?
(a) Frank's father has mended them using an old tire.
(b) They are wearing girls' boots.
(c) The boots have holes in them and are falling apart.
(d) The boots are falling off of them because they are too big.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?

2. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?

3. Frank's father, Malachy, originally comes to America for what reason?

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

5. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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