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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring?
(a) Malachy's chronic unemployment.
(b) Frank's illness.
(c) Frank's bad behavior.
(d) Their trip to Limerick.

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

7. 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) The money the students collect for the church.
(d) Food collected for the charity.

8. Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?
(a) Malachy is disgusted by his own name.
(b) The child is given an American name.
(c) The child is named for Angela's father.
(d) Malachy was drunk and the clerk writing the birth certificate did not understand what he was saying.

9. What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?
(a) Angela's uncles in northern Ireland.
(b) Job opportunities up north.
(c) Angela's happiness with Malachy.
(d) Frank's grandfather.

10. After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub?
(a) Malachy is drinking instead of attending the funeral.
(b) Malachy does not seem to be upset about Eugene's death.
(c) Malachy has spent the money intended for the funeral on alcohol.
(d) Malachy has put his glass on Eugene's coffin.

11. How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family?
(a) The police take up a collection to pay their bus fare.
(b) Malachy sells his possessions.
(c) The family begs on the street.
(d) Malachy finds a temporary job.

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

13. What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground?
(a) He slips in the mud and hurts his ankle.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He falls off of the see-saw and injures himself.
(d) He fights with Frank.

14. What does Frank most want to see at the cinema?
(a) A Disney cartoon.
(b) A science fiction thriller.
(c) A James Cagney movie.
(d) An old American western.

15. Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?
(a) He comes home late.
(b) He steals bread from school.
(c) He is urinating against a wall instead of using the chamber pot.
(d) He is fighting with Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frank miss his collection?

2. What is Peter's punishment when he gets into trouble with his money?

3. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?

4. Why does Mr. O'Halloran yell at Mr. O'Neill?

5. How does Frank spend his tuition money?

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