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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?
(a) He is kidnapped.
(b) He slips in the mud and hurts his ankle.
(c) He fights with Frank.
(d) He falls off of the see-saw and injures himself.

2. Why is Frank fired from the post office?
(a) Frank was not showing up to work on time.
(b) Mr. Harrington reports him for bad behavior.
(c) Frank was stealing letters.
(d) Frank was losing letters.

3. What does Grandpa McCourt send for the new baby?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A bag of coal.
(c) A bag of potatoes.
(d) Five pounds.

4. What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson?
(a) Quiet and timid, answering questions slowly and only when asked multiple times.
(b) Selfish and greedy, refusing to teach the boys about Catholicism.
(c) Kind and nurturing to the boys and excited to talk about his faith.
(d) Devoted to his Catholicism, but hates answering questions about it.

5. What does Frank sometimes do when Mrs. Finucane falls asleep?
(a) Steals her money.
(b) Reads all of her books.
(c) Leaves to go visit Mikey.
(d) Takes her letters and throws them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?

2. Where were both of Frank's parents born?

3. Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?

4. Why is Frank hospitalized?

5. When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?

(see the answer key)

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