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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Frank confess at his first confession?
(a) He was thinking dirty thoughts about girls.
(b) He was drinking in the alley after school.
(c) He was listening to dirty stories.
(d) He was disrespectful to his mother.

4. What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?
(a) Violin lessons.
(b) Irish dancing lessons.
(c) Gaelic lessons.
(d) Reading lessons.

5. What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory?
(a) It is killing them because it is infested with disease.
(b) They are very lucky to have a lavatory.
(c) The lavatory is too far away for the boys to use.
(d) Angela is the only who cleans the lavatory.

6. Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?
(a) There will be no food at home.
(b) His mother has consumption.
(c) His father found out he went to the cinema.
(d) He has learned that his parents know he skipped school.

7. Frank's father, Malachy, originally comes to America for what reason?
(a) He wanted to escape the weather of Ireland.
(b) He was looking for better job opportunities.
(c) He is wanted for crimes committed while fighting for the IRA.
(d) He wanted to meet Angela.

8. Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?
(a) They do not see their fathers.
(b) The families usually move to England.
(c) The fathers send home money for food and necessities.
(d) The children get to go visit their fathers.

9. What does the quote "We don't care about England or France, all we want is the German advance" mean?
(a) There is better food in Germany.
(b) The war is good because the children can be soldiers.
(c) Germany is more powerful than England or France.
(d) The war is profitable for Irish families.

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

11. What does Grandma think will help Frank's eyes?
(a) Eating an onion boiled in milk.
(b) Closing them for three days.
(c) Washing them with salt water.
(d) St. Anthony's spit.

12. Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?
(a) They want Angela's mother to convince Angela to leave Malachy.
(b) They want Angela's mother to come to America to visit.
(c) They want Angela's mother to take care of Frank.
(d) They want Angela's mother to send money so that Angela and her family can move back to Ireland.

13. What does Peter Dooley want to do when he grows up?
(a) Read the news on the BBC.
(b) Become a movie star in Bollywood.
(c) Play soccer against Britain.
(d) Join the army in America.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank hospitalized?

2. Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?

3. Where does Malachy meet Angela?

4. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?

5. Why does Malachy agree to go work in England?

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