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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson?
(a) Quiet and timid, answering questions slowly and only when asked multiple times.
(b) Selfish and greedy, refusing to teach the boys about Catholicism.
(c) Kind and nurturing to the boys and excited to talk about his faith.
(d) Devoted to his Catholicism, but hates answering questions about it.

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

3. In Chapter 6, where do Paddy and Frank go when they skip school?
(a) They go work at the Post Office.
(b) They visit their friend Mikey.
(c) They go to an orchard to drink water and eat apples.
(d) They help Angela with her housework.

4. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?
(a) They are very lucky to have a lavatory.
(b) It is killing them because it is infested with disease.
(c) Angela is the only who cleans the lavatory.
(d) The lavatory is too far away for the boys to use.

5. Why does Frank stop working for Mr. Timoney?
(a) Mr. Timoney is placed in a senior citizens' home.
(b) Mr. Timoney passes away.
(c) Frank gets ill and cannot work.
(d) Mr. Timoney finds someone else to work for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank earn money from Mr. Timoney?

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

3. What is wrong with Paddy's father in Chapter 6?

4. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?

5. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"

(see the answer key)

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