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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Malachy believe is wrong with Frank in Chapter 8?
(a) He has growing pains.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He drank too much.
(d) He ate bad bread.

3. Why does Mr. O'Halloran yell at Mr. O'Neill?
(a) There are several books missing from Mr. O'Neill's class.
(b) Mr. O'Neill should not be teaching fourth graders geometry.
(c) The children are complaining that they have not learned enough science.
(d) Mr. O'Neill should not be striking the students.

4. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?
(a) The new house is closer to Angela's family.
(b) The old house reminded Angela too much of Eugene.
(c) The new house is less expensive.
(d) The old house was flooded.

5. Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Angela did not bring enough food for dinner.
(b) Frank lost his prayerbook.
(c) Frank was sick in grandmother's yard.
(d) Malachy lost his job again.

6. What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6?
(a) She was always poor.
(b) She once dated a senator.
(c) She was an excellent dancer.
(d) She was a great student.

7. Why doesn't the telegram boy bring a telegram to the family?
(a) Malachy did not send any money home.
(b) The telegram boy was fired.
(c) The telegram boy had the wrong address.
(d) Angela and the children were not home to receive it.

8. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?
(a) He cannot read.
(b) He is always asking questions.
(c) His clothes are always dirty.
(d) He is always fighting with the other boys.

9. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(b) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(c) A place where there is no rain.
(d) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.

10. Why is Declan upset with Frank in Chapter 7?
(a) Frank showed up to his Confraternity meetings dirty.
(b) Frank has been eating all of Declan's food.
(c) Frank has been stealing newspapers.
(d) Frank has not been attending Confraternity meetings.

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

12. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?
(a) He is robbed walking home.
(b) He spends all of the wages on alcohol.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He spends all of the wages on new clothes for the children.

13. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?
(a) Mickey is a Protestant.
(b) Mickey looked at dirty pictures.
(c) Mickey is a liar.
(d) Mickey is a thief.

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

15. Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?
(a) The IRA is completely out of money.
(b) The man believes that Malachy has enough money.
(c) The man is angry that Malachy wasted his time.
(d) Malachy also requested money for a pint of beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?

2. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?

3. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"

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

5. What job does Frank take on for Margaret?

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