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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) There is consumption going around.
(b) The boys at school are bullying the younger boys.
(c) The other families are bragging about the money their fathers sent home from England.
(d) It is cold outside.

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

3. In Chapter 6, where do Paddy and Frank go when they skip school?
(a) They go to an orchard to drink water and eat apples.
(b) They go work at the Post Office.
(c) They help Angela with her housework.
(d) They visit their friend Mikey.

4. Why does Frank stop working for Mr. Timoney?
(a) Mr. Timoney passes away.
(b) Mr. Timoney finds someone else to work for him.
(c) Frank gets ill and cannot work.
(d) Mr. Timoney is placed in a senior citizens' home.

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

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

7. In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?
(a) He is caught skipping school.
(b) He is caught cheating.
(c) He steals some food from the other children.
(d) He is fighting because the boys were teasing him.

8. What is Mr. O'Neill particularly enthusiastic about teaching?
(a) American History.
(b) Euclid.
(c) Music.
(d) Biology.

9. Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?
(a) He was late to work.
(b) Because Angela came to his work.
(c) Because he has been drinking on the job.
(d) He was not able to perform the duties of the job.

10. 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.

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

12. Because they do not have bus fare home, where does the family sleep that night?
(a) Inside a homeless shelter.
(b) On the street.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) In the police barracks.

13. What does Grandpa McCourt send for the new baby?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Five pounds.
(c) A bag of potatoes.
(d) A bag of coal.

14. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?
(a) Frank sold 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 went to the cinema instead of taking the food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After confessing to the priest on his first communion, why does Margaret send Frank back into the confessional?

2. What does Grandma think will help Frank's eyes?

3. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?

4. How does Frank spend his tuition money?

5. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

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