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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frank ashamed of Angela at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She is begging for charity at churches.
(b) She had disappeared overnight.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) Her dress is ripped.

2. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?
(a) When he is able to steal food.
(b) When Agnes is not around.
(c) When the children have completed their chores.
(d) When he has extra money.

3. What does Mrs. Finucane want Frank to do?
(a) Read to her.
(b) Write threatening letters to her customers.
(c) Walk her dog.
(d) Carry her bags of coal.

4. Where does Malachy run away to in Chapter 10?
(a) The land by the river.
(b) The home on Roden Lane.
(c) Mikey Molloy's house.
(d) His grandmother's.

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

6. What does Frank give Michael when he comes to visit in Chapter 14?
(a) A new drum.
(b) An apple.
(c) A book.
(d) New boots.

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. 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.

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

10. Where is the priest that Frank meets on the boat from?
(a) New York.
(b) Cork.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Shannon.

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

12. Why does Frank want Angela's red flapper dress?
(a) To make hearts for their football uniforms.
(b) To sell it for food money.
(c) To give it to Aunt Agnes.
(d) To give it to Patricia.

13. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?
(a) She is tired of working.
(b) She has gone crazy.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

15. Why does young Malachy run away from Aunt Agnes's home in Chapter 10?
(a) He misses his mother and goes to see her.
(b) Aunt Agnes hit him when he asks for food.
(c) There is no place for him to sleep at Agnes's.
(d) He is angry with Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the McCourt children laugh at Aunt Agnes while they are staying with her in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Mr. Hannon do for a living?

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

5. Why is Frank thrown out of the library?

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