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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frank concerned for Mickey's soul?
(a) Mickey is a liar.
(b) Mickey is a thief.
(c) Mickey looked at dirty pictures.
(d) Mickey is a Protestant.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 7, what does Malachy make his children promise when he gets them out of bed late at night after drinking?
(a) That they would always protect their mother.
(b) That they would never drink.
(c) That they would die for Ireland.
(d) That they would go to work like him.

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

8. Why does the family move to Roden Lane?
(a) The new house is closer to Angela's family.
(b) The old house was flooded.
(c) The old house reminded Angela too much of Eugene.
(d) The new house is less expensive.

9. What is wrong with Patricia Madigan?
(a) She has diphtheria.
(b) She has pneumonia.
(c) She has consumption.
(d) She has rheumatic fever.

10. After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?
(a) She is worried the store owner will cheat Angela.
(b) Angela does not know where the store is.
(c) Angela will need help carrying the groceries.
(d) She wants Angela to buy her some groceries.

11. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?
(a) The boots are falling off of them because they are too big.
(b) Frank's father has mended them using an old tire.
(c) The boots have holes in them and are falling apart.
(d) They are wearing girls' boots.

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

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

14. 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 profitable for Irish families.
(c) Germany is more powerful than England or France.
(d) The war is good because the children can be soldiers.

15. Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas?
(a) The only meat they can afford is a pig's head.
(b) Frank falls in the mud and is dirty.
(c) They cannot afford any groceries.
(d) Malachy is drunk and stumbling home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma mean when she says that she has "God in me backyard?"

2. What is Angela's last resort for feeding the children in Chapter 9?

3. What happens to Macushla in Chapter 7?

4. What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?

5. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

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