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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandma think will help Frank's eyes?
(a) Eating an onion boiled in milk.
(b) St. Anthony's spit.
(c) Washing them with salt water.
(d) Closing them for three days.

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

3. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.
(b) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(c) The money the students collect for the church.
(d) Food collected for the charity.

4. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?
(a) Malachy's chronic unemployment.
(b) Their trip to Limerick.
(c) Frank's bad behavior.
(d) Frank's illness.

5. After confessing to the priest on his first communion, why does Margaret send Frank back into the confessional?
(a) He has to thank the priest for taking his confession.
(b) He forgot to confess that he stole some bread.
(c) He has to ask whether to use holy water or regular water.
(d) His grandmother wants to send her love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?

2. While at the hospital, what do the doctor's discover about Frank?

3. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?

4. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?

5. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?

(see the answer key)

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