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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?
(a) A chocolate bar.
(b) A map of Ireland.
(c) Bread and jam.
(d) Dirty magazines.

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

3. 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) They are wearing girls' boots.
(d) Frank's father has mended them using an old tire.

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

5. What does Frank think of the new baby's name?
(a) That it sounds like a girl's name.
(b) That it is "respectful."
(c) Frank doesn't care about the new baby's name.
(d) That it is an "affliction."

6. Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?
(a) She enjoys the company in the asylum.
(b) She is the only one they have to drag out, because she enjoys the quiet and escape from the "real" world.
(c) Her kids drive her crazy, and she enjoys the break.
(d) She is in love with one of the doctors.

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

8. What is Angela's last resort for feeding the children in Chapter 9?
(a) Selling her belongings.
(b) Going to the dispensary.
(c) Going to work at Kathleen's shop.
(d) Asking Agnes to borrow money.

9. Why does Frank miss his collection?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) His grandmother makes him stay home and help her with chores.
(c) His father is out drinking and cannot take him.
(d) His grandmother makes him return to church for a confession.

10. What job does Frank do with Pat Sheehan?
(a) Frank delivers coal with Mr. Sheehan.
(b) Frank cleans Mr. Sheehan's lavatory.
(c) Frank peels Mr. Sheehan's potatoes.
(d) Frank sells newspapers.

11. How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner?
(a) Frank takes a temporary job shoveling coal.
(b) Malachy steals coal from the neighbors.
(c) Pa Keating takes the boys to a pub where the owner gives them a bag.
(d) The boys stop and pick up pieces of coal on the side of the road.

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

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

14. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.
(b) A place where there is no rain.
(c) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(d) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.

15. How is Frank able to attend the cinema at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Angela begs the ticket-taker to let him in.
(b) Mikey throws a "fit" and distracts the ticket-taker.
(c) Malachy gives Frank some money.
(d) Frank steals from Grandma's purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?

2. Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?

3. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?

4. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?

5. Why is the Meagher family too ashamed to go out?

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