1. 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) The boys at school are bullying the younger boys.
(d) There is consumption going around.

2. How does Agnes treat the children when they stay with her?
(a) She is ecstatic to have children in her home.
(b) She is quiet and does not react to their presence.
(c) She is welcoming.
(d) She is hostile and unkind.

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

4. Why does the family call the upstairs of their home Italy and the downstairs Ireland?
(a) The upstairs is cold and dirty, and the downstairs is where they spend their time.
(b) The children made up the names because both places begin with the same letter.
(c) The downstairs has flooded and the upstairs is warm, like a vacation to Italy.
(d) The downstairs reminds them of home, while upstairs is unfamiliar.

5. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?
(a) Malachy was drunk and the clerk writing the birth certificate did not understand what he was saying.
(b) Malachy is disgusted by his own name.
(c) The child is named for Angela's father.
(d) The child is given an American name.