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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Hannon goes to the hospital, what do the doctors say he is in danger of?
(a) Getting gangrene.
(b) Getting consumption.
(c) Dying of typhoid.
(d) Dying of pneumonia.

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

3. For what religious event is Frank preparing for in Chapter 9?
(a) To become an altar boy.
(b) To volunteer in the church's soup kitchen.
(c) To read a sermon.
(d) His confirmation.

4. Where does Frank's transfused blood come from?
(a) The Sarsfield Barracks soldiers.
(b) Pat Sheehan.
(c) The officers from the IRA office.
(d) His mother.

5. Philomena urges Angela to make sure she doesn't have anymore children. Why?
(a) Malachy has been unfaithful to Angela.
(b) There isn't enough room for another child.
(c) Angela is sick and her health would suffer.
(d) Malachy drinks too much and does not have a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?

2. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?

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

4. How is Frank able to attend the cinema at the end of Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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