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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?
(a) The child is named for Angela's father.
(b) Malachy was drunk and the clerk writing the birth certificate did not understand what he was saying.
(c) Malachy is disgusted by his own name.
(d) The child is given an American name.

3. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Job opportunities up north.
(b) Frank's grandfather.
(c) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.
(d) Angela's happiness with Malachy.

4. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A religious organization.
(b) An employment agency.
(c) A dancing class.
(d) A soccer club.

5. Where does Malachy meet Angela?
(a) In Limerick.
(b) At a party in America.
(c) On the boat coming to America.
(d) In church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?

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

3. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

4. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?

(see the answer key)

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