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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank want Angela's red flapper dress?
(a) To give it to Patricia.
(b) To sell it for food money.
(c) To give it to Aunt Agnes.
(d) To make hearts for their football uniforms.

2. What does Frank most want to see at the cinema?
(a) An old American western.
(b) A science fiction thriller.
(c) A Disney cartoon.
(d) A James Cagney movie.

3. Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?
(a) They want Angela's mother to take care of Frank.
(b) They want Angela's mother to convince Angela to leave Malachy.
(c) They want Angela's mother to send money so that Angela and her family can move back to Ireland.
(d) They want Angela's mother to come to America to visit.

4. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?
(a) A new bag of coal.
(b) New clothes for the children.
(c) Brother Michael.
(d) Eggs, butter, and sugar to make sweets.

5. Where were both of Frank's parents born?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the family call the upstairs of their home Italy and the downstairs Ireland?

2. Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

4. After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub?

5. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?

(see the answer key)

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