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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frank fired from the post office?
(a) Frank was losing letters.
(b) Frank was stealing letters.
(c) Frank was not showing up to work on time.
(d) Mr. Harrington reports him for bad behavior.

2. Where is young Malachy working in Chapter 17?
(a) For a garage.
(b) Loading coal.
(c) Reading to the elderly.
(d) Delivering newspapers.

3. How does Frank spend his first wages in Chapter 15?
(a) He spends the evening at the pub.
(b) He buys new clothes for himself and his mother.
(c) He takes Michael out to a movie and buys him something to eat.
(d) He repays Aunt Aggie.

4. Why does Frank feel guilty after Theresa is gone?
(a) She is taken away to the asylum because of her relationship with Frank.
(b) She and Frank had a relationship outside of marriage and he is worried her soul is condemned.
(c) She left town without him saying goodbye.
(d) Her parents forced her to go to America.

5. What great change occurs in Mikey's father in Chapter 11?
(a) Mikey's father decides to stop drinking.
(b) Mikey's father leaves his mother.
(c) Mikey's father has the consumption.
(d) Mikey's father quits his job.

6. Where does Frank get a new job in Chapter 16?
(a) Tutoring students at school.
(b) At the barbership.
(c) At Eason's delivering newspapers.
(d) At Mrs. O'Connell's shop.

7. What does Frank sometimes do when Mrs. Finucane falls asleep?
(a) Takes her letters and throws them away.
(b) Reads all of her books.
(c) Leaves to go visit Mikey.
(d) Steals her money.

8. Why is Paddy Clohessy's family doing well in Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Clohessy remarried a rich man.
(b) Paddy's father died and his life insurance policy was huge.
(c) Paddy and his father now work in England and send money home.
(d) Paddy won money gambling.

9. What happens when the family waits for Malachy at the train station?
(a) The train crashes.
(b) He arrives early.
(c) They are told that Malachy is not coming home at all.
(d) He does not arrive until the next day.

10. Which of the following items does Frank take from Mrs. Finucane?
(a) Her new candlesticks.
(b) Her bag of potatoes.
(c) Her fur coat.
(d) Her sherry.

11. What does Agnes say at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) That Frank is a fool for wearing a dress.
(b) Frank should quit school.
(c) Frank should go home to Angela.
(d) That Frank is doing more to help his family than his father ever did.

12. Why is Angela upset with Frank when he returns from the pub at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Frank was out past his curfew.
(b) Frank was fighting.
(c) Frank was stealing.
(d) Frank was drinking.

13. Why is Frank wearing a dress in Chapter 14?
(a) He washes his clothes and is waiting for them to dry.
(b) It is the only thing he has that does not have holes.
(c) He enjoys cross-dressing.
(d) He is trying to scare his aunt.

14. Why does Mr. Hannon need Frank's help at work?
(a) Mr. Hannon would like to share his wealth with Frank.
(b) Mr. Hannon has bad legs.
(c) Mr. Hannon cannot get to work at such an early hour.
(d) Mr. Hannon has two much work for one person.

15. In Chapter 13, where does Mr. O'Halloran tell Frank to go?
(a) To work in a factory in England.
(b) To America.
(c) To India.
(d) To the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the priest that Frank meets on the boat from?

2. Why does Mikey call Frank a bastard in Chapter 11?

3. What is the name of the ship Frank will take to America?

4. Who is able to visit Angela in the hospital when she is ill in Chapter 10?

5. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?

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