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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mickey die?
(a) He has typhoid.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He has consumption.
(d) He is in a bad fight.

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

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

4. How does Frank spend his tuition money?
(a) At the baseball game.
(b) At the cinema.
(c) On dirty magazines.
(d) On alcohol at the pub.

5. 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) There is too much noise from outside.
(d) The mattress has fleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paddy's dream?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Malachy make his children promise when he gets them out of bed late at night after drinking?

3. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?

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

5. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?

(see the answer key)

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