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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?
(a) Frank falls in the mud and is dirty.
(b) They cannot afford any groceries.
(c) Malachy is drunk and stumbling home.
(d) The only meat they can afford is a pig's head.

2. When told there is no work in Ireland, Malachy decides to go to Dublin. Why?
(a) He has been told the IRA owes him money.
(b) There are better school opportunities for the children in Dublin.
(c) He believes there is work there.
(d) Malachy's family lives in Dublin.

3. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?
(a) Pa Keating takes the boys to a pub where the owner gives them a bag.
(b) The boys stop and pick up pieces of coal on the side of the road.
(c) Frank takes a temporary job shoveling coal.
(d) Malachy steals coal from the neighbors.

4. Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He i working late and she is worried.
(b) Malachy is out late drinking instead of coming home with his wages.
(c) He has been arrested for drunken behavior.
(d) He forgets to pick the children up from school.

5. Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?
(a) To visit her husband and bring him lunch.
(b) To apply for a job herself.
(c) To show her children where their father is working.
(d) To ask his boss to give her Malachy's wages.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

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

3. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?

4. What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?

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

(see the answer key)

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