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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(b) Food collected for the charity.
(c) The money the students collect for the church.
(d) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.

2. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He is not old enough.
(c) He has bad manners.
(d) He has not followed the rules in church.

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

4. Why is Frank disappointed that his mother is not speaking to his grandmother in Chapter 5?
(a) Angela is in a terrible mood.
(b) They cannot borrow sugar or tea from her.
(c) She cannot pick them up from school.
(d) The family has no one to watch the children.

5. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) There is less money for the charity to give.
(b) With Angela's new job, the charity feels they do not need as much.
(c) With two less children, the charity gives them less.
(d) Malachy had been drinking away all of the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philomena urges Angela to make sure she doesn't have anymore children. Why?

2. What is the Confraternity?

3. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?

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

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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