2. For what does Peter Dooley charge Frank?
(a) To do his homework.
(b) To sneak him into the cinema.
(c) To give him his lunch.
(d) To look at his naked sister.

3. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A potato farm.
(b) A cement factory.
(c) The butcher's shop.
(d) A pub.

4. What is Paddy's dream?
(a) To start his own business in America.
(b) To become a doctor.
(c) To run away to India.
(d) To travel to China and adopt children.

5. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.
(b) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(c) Food collected for the charity.
(d) The money the students collect for the church.

6. What is wrong with Paddy's father in Chapter 6?
(a) He has pneumonia.
(b) He works too many hours.
(c) He has left Paddy's mother.
(d) He has consumption.

7. How does Frank spend his tuition money?
(a) On dirty magazines.
(b) At the baseball game.
(c) At the cinema.
(d) On alcohol at the pub.

8. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?
(a) He sleeps in class.
(b) He brings the boys food.
(c) He dismisses class early.
(d) He likes America.

9. Where were both of Frank's parents born?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Germany.

10. What does Grandma mean when she says that she has "God in me backyard?"
(a) The Pope's picture has been left outside in the rain.
(b) The priest has come to visit the family.
(c) Frank has thrown up his first communion.
(d) Frank has left his prayer book outside.

11. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?
(a) She is depressed because Margaret died.
(b) She is sad because Malachy cannot hold down a job.
(c) She is depressed because Malachy is an alcoholic.
(d) She is miserable because she misses Ireland.

12. How does Mr. Benson have the boys practice for communion?
(a) Mr. Benson has the boys swallow bits of newspaper.
(b) The boys eat pieces of stale bread.
(c) The boys practice drinking alcohol.
(d) Mr. Benson gives the boys tea and cookies.

13. What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?
(a) Margaret was given a proper Catholic burial.
(b) The body disappeared from the morgue.
(c) The body was cremated.
(d) Malachy sold her body for drink money.

14. What do Paddy and Frank eat when they go to Finlan's for lunch?
(a) Potato soup.
(b) Bread and jam.
(c) They are not fed.
(d) Scraps from last night's dinner.

15. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?
(a) The boots have holes in them and are falling apart.
(b) The boots are falling off of them because they are too big.
(c) Frank's father has mended them using an old tire.
(d) They are wearing girls' boots.