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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?
(a) Mickey looked at dirty pictures.
(b) Mickey is a Protestant.
(c) Mickey is a liar.
(d) Mickey is a thief.

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?
(a) He is caught cheating.
(b) He is caught skipping school.
(c) He is fighting because the boys were teasing him.
(d) He steals some food from the other children.

5. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?
(a) They cannot afford any groceries.
(b) Malachy is drunk and stumbling home.
(c) The only meat they can afford is a pig's head.
(d) Frank falls in the mud and is dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mickey die?

2. Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?

3. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?

4. What does the quote "We don't care about England or France, all we want is the German advance" mean?

5. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

(see the answer key)

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