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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Macushla in Chapter 7?
(a) He has puppies.
(b) He becomes very ill.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He is put to death.

2. Why does Mickey die?
(a) He has consumption.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He has typhoid.
(d) He is in a bad fight.

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

4. Why does Angela think Mr. Timoney lost his cleaning woman?
(a) She was in love with another man.
(b) He had tried to convert her to Buddhism.
(c) Mr. Timoney did not pay her well enough.
(d) She went to work for Mrs. Finucane.

5. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?
(a) Aunt Agnes hit him when he asks for food.
(b) He is angry with Frank.
(c) He misses his mother and goes to see her.
(d) There is no place for him to sleep at Agnes's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank hospitalized?

2. Why is Frank thrown out of the library?

3. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?

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

5. Why are the other boys laughing at Frank when he first reports for work at the Post Office?

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