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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Malachy agree to go work in England?
(a) He is tired of Ireland.
(b) America has joined the war.
(c) Angela wants to move there.
(d) His father is living in England.

2. Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9?
(a) He has consumption.
(b) He has conjunctivitis.
(c) He has pneumonia.
(d) He broke his leg.

3. What is Peter's punishment when he gets into trouble with his money?
(a) He cannot have supper for two days.
(b) He is locked in the coal hole with the rats.
(c) He is grounded.
(d) He has to work extra hours for his mother.

4. Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) It is cold outside.
(b) The other families are bragging about the money their fathers sent home from England.
(c) There is consumption going around.
(d) The boys at school are bullying the younger boys.

5. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?
(a) He teases the other boys with it.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He gives it to Paddy Clohessy.
(d) Frank hides it so he can give it to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Frank stop working for Mr. Timoney?

3. Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?

5. Why is Frank disappointed that his mother is not speaking to his grandmother in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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