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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?
(a) Reading lessons.
(b) Gaelic lessons.
(c) Irish dancing lessons.
(d) Violin lessons.

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

3. Why does Mikey call Frank a bastard in Chapter 11?
(a) Frank's parents were not married when he was born.
(b) Frank's parents were not married for nine months before he was born.
(c) Frank had relations with a girl at the pub.
(d) Frank and Mikey had gotten into an argument.

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

5. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?
(a) Frank sold the food.
(b) Frank dropped the food and it wasn't good anymore.
(c) Frank went to the cinema instead of taking the food.
(d) Frank ate Galvin's food before he got to the kiln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank's teacher tell the boys who teased Frank about his shoes?

2. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?

3. What great change occurs in Mikey's father in Chapter 11?

4. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What type of music do Frank and Mrs. Purcell listen to?

(see the answer key)

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