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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?
(a) Frank went to the cinema instead of taking the food.
(b) Frank dropped the food and it wasn't good anymore.
(c) Frank ate Galvin's food before he got to the kiln.
(d) Frank sold the food.

3. Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He is not old enough.
(c) He has not followed the rules in church.
(d) He has bad manners.

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

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

6. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A soccer club.
(b) An employment agency.
(c) A dancing class.
(d) A religious organization.

7. Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?
(a) To apply for a job herself.
(b) To show her children where their father is working.
(c) To visit her husband and bring him lunch.
(d) To ask his boss to give her Malachy's wages.

8. When told there is no work in Ireland, Malachy decides to go to Dublin. Why?
(a) Malachy's family lives in Dublin.
(b) There are better school opportunities for the children in Dublin.
(c) He believes there is work there.
(d) He has been told the IRA owes him money.

9. Why does Mr. Downes return to Ireland?
(a) To see Frank.
(b) To attend his mother's funeral.
(c) To retire.
(d) For a summer vacation.

10. Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?
(a) Frank realizes the stories are no longer his.
(b) Frank has become tired of the stories.
(c) Oliver is very sick.
(d) Oliver is really excited about hearing them.

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

12. 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.

13. Why is the Meagher family too ashamed to go out?
(a) Mrs. Meagher is losing her hair.
(b) Mrs. Meagher has typhoid.
(c) Mrs. Meagher's sons have behavior problems.
(d) Mrs. Meagher's husband did not send home any wages.

14. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?
(a) He throws it away.
(b) Frank hides it so he can give it to his mother.
(c) He gives it to Paddy Clohessy.
(d) He teases the other boys with it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?

2. Who is Frank excited to see when he is hospitalized the second time?

3. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?

4. When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told?

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

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