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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Frank provide food in Chapter 10?
(a) He steals it.
(b) He goes to Kathleen's store.
(c) He borrows money from Grandma.
(d) Mikey Molloy's mother sends them bread.

3. Where does the family stay when they are evicted in Chapter 12?
(a) In a shelter.
(b) With Malachy's family in Northern Ireland.
(c) With Angela's cousin Laman.
(d) With Margaret.

4. Why does Gerry get upset with Frank in Chapter 17?
(a) Frank walked Rose home.
(b) Frank made fun of Rose.
(c) Frank attacked Rose.
(d) Frank proposed to Rose.

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

6. Why do the McCourt children laugh at Aunt Agnes while they are staying with her in Chapter 10?
(a) She falls down the stairs.
(b) She uses a chamber pot.
(c) She has a wart on her face.
(d) She cannnot cook.

7. Who is able to visit Angela in the hospital when she is ill in Chapter 10?
(a) Frank and young Malachy.
(b) No one is allowed to visit her.
(c) Mr. Timoney and Laman.
(d) Margaret and Agnes.

8. What does Malachy look like when he arrives home from England in Chapter 12?
(a) He has new clothes.
(b) He has put on weight.
(c) Like he had been in a fight.
(d) Like he had been sick.

9. Why does Frank regret not taking the postal exam?
(a) He could have traveled to America sooner.
(b) He could have upgraded his seat on the boat.
(c) He could have brought Angela with him.
(d) He could have supplied food and shoes to his family.

10. What does Frank sell for ten pounds in Chapter 17?
(a) Bread and jam from Angela.
(b) Forty copies of page 16.
(c) Five bags of coal.
(d) Several new books about Ireland.

11. What type of music do Frank and Mrs. Purcell listen to?
(a) Beethoven and Mozart.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Classical Irish jigs.
(d) Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday.

12. Why is Mr. Harrington upset at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) His wife died.
(b) He is sick with pneumonia.
(c) His mother died.
(d) He wants to go back to Italy.

13. Why does Mikey call Frank a bastard in Chapter 11?
(a) Frank's parents were not married when he was born.
(b) Frank had relations with a girl at the pub.
(c) Frank's parents were not married for nine months before he was born.
(d) Frank and Mikey had gotten into an argument.

14. What does Mr. Hannon do for a living?
(a) He works in a factory.
(b) He delivers coal.
(c) He works in a shop.
(d) He delivers telegrams.

15. Why is Frank shown more respect by his classmates in Chapter 11?
(a) He beat up Mikey Molloy.
(b) He is employed.
(c) He is getting older.
(d) He is smarter than the other children at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where does Frank plan to work when he turns fourteen?

2. Why does Angela want Frank to quit his job in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Aunt Aggie take Frank before he officially begins work at the Post Office?

4. Why is Angela upset with Frank when he returns from the pub at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What does the Franciscan priest tell Frank about Theresa?

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