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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A potato farm.
(b) A pub.
(c) The butcher's shop.
(d) A cement factory.

2. What does Frank's teacher tell the boys who teased Frank about his shoes?
(a) Only Americans wear boots made out of tires.
(b) The boys should be quiet in school, but could tease Frank and Malachy later.
(c) That the Lord Jesus did not wear shoes at all.
(d) Frank and Malachy's shoes were better than anyone elses.

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

4. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?
(a) There is a waiting period for his pension check.
(b) He has come to the wrong office.
(c) There is no record of his service in the IRA.
(d) The IRA is all out of money.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank think of the new baby's name?

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

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

5. After confessing to the priest on his first communion, why does Margaret send Frank back into the confessional?

(see the answer key)

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