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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?
(a) He is kidnapped.
(b) He fights with Frank.
(c) He slips in the mud and hurts his ankle.
(d) He falls off of the see-saw and injures himself.

2. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?
(a) He is fighting because the boys were teasing him.
(b) He steals some food from the other children.
(c) He is caught cheating.
(d) He is caught skipping school.

3. Where were both of Frank's parents born?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Germany.

4. After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub?
(a) Malachy has put his glass on Eugene's coffin.
(b) Malachy has spent the money intended for the funeral on alcohol.
(c) Malachy is drinking instead of attending the funeral.
(d) Malachy does not seem to be upset about Eugene's death.

5. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(b) A place where there is no rain.
(c) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(d) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?

2. Why does Angela insist on going to the Labour Exchange with Malachy after Oliver's death?

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

4. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?

5. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?

(see the answer key)

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