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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?
(a) He and Angela take the boy to church to be blessed.
(b) He sucks the mucus out of his nose so that he can breathe.
(c) He gives the boy a drink of beer to clear his sinuses.
(d) He rushes him to the doctor.

2. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) She has gone crazy.
(c) She is tired of working.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Frank's grandfather.
(b) Job opportunities up north.
(c) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.
(d) Angela's happiness with Malachy.

4. Why does Mr. Downes believe Malachy may be sent back to Ireland in Chapter 9?
(a) Malachy drinks too much.
(b) Malachy misses his family.
(c) Malachy can get better work in Ireland.
(d) Malachy has been arrested.

5. Why is Frank nervous about delivering the telegram to Theresa Carmody's house?
(a) There are rumors that she is very mean.
(b) She never tips the delivery boys.
(c) Her family has a reputation for drinking too much.
(d) She has consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes say at the end of Chapter 14?

2. What does Malachy believe is wrong with Frank in Chapter 8?

3. What does Grandma mean when she says that she has "God in me backyard?"

4. In Chapter 13, where does Frank plan to work when he turns fourteen?

5. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?

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