View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank read to Mr. Timoney?
(a) "The Tempest."
(b) The Holy Bible.
(c) "A Modest Proposal."
(d) "Gulliver's Travels."

2. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?
(a) She is sad because Malachy cannot hold down a job.
(b) She is depressed because Margaret died.
(c) She is miserable because she misses Ireland.
(d) She is depressed because Malachy is an alcoholic.

3. For what does Peter Dooley charge Frank?
(a) To look at his naked sister.
(b) To do his homework.
(c) To give him his lunch.
(d) To sneak him into the cinema.

4. Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?
(a) He has learned that his parents know he skipped school.
(b) There will be no food at home.
(c) His mother has consumption.
(d) His father found out he went to the cinema.

5. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?
(a) A chocolate bar.
(b) Bread and jam.
(c) A map of Ireland.
(d) Dirty magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?

2. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?

3. Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?

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

5. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 367 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample