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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?
(a) Angela will need help carrying the groceries.
(b) Angela does not know where the store is.
(c) She wants Angela to buy her some groceries.
(d) She is worried the store owner will cheat Angela.

2. Why are Angela and Malachy angry with Frank in Chapter 6?
(a) Frank stole money to go to the cinema.
(b) Frank stole apples from the orchard.
(c) They learned he skipped school.
(d) He was spending time with Paddy.

3. Why is Frank disappointed that his mother is not speaking to his grandmother in Chapter 5?
(a) She cannot pick them up from school.
(b) Angela is in a terrible mood.
(c) They cannot borrow sugar or tea from her.
(d) The family has no one to watch the children.

4. What does Frank read to Mr. Timoney?
(a) The Holy Bible.
(b) "The Tempest."
(c) "A Modest Proposal."
(d) "Gulliver's Travels."

5. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Her dress is ripped.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She had disappeared overnight.
(d) She is begging for charity at churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

2. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?

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

4. When Mr. Hannon goes to the hospital, what do the doctors say he is in danger of?

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

(see the answer key)

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