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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cannnot cook.
(c) She has a wart on her face.
(d) She uses a chamber pot.

2. How do Frank and young Malachy get coal in Chapter 10?
(a) They steal money to buy it.
(b) They borrow it from the pub owners.
(c) They pick up lose pieces on the street.
(d) They steal it by causing a distraction.

3. What does Angela's note to Frank say at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) It urges him to come home.
(b) It begs him to go back to work.
(c) It says that he should never return to Laman's.
(d) It asks him to go find his father.

4. Where does Aunt Aggie take Frank before he officially begins work at the Post Office?
(a) She takes him to the pub for a drink.
(b) She takes him to meet his boss.
(c) She takes him on the postal route so he can see where he is going.
(d) She buys him new clothes.

5. 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 has two much work for one person.
(d) Mr. Hannon cannot get to work at such an early hour.

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

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

8. What does Malachy's letter say to Angela in Chapter 12?
(a) He is staying in London.
(b) He has lost his job.
(c) There is more money coming.
(d) He will be home before Christmas.

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

10. What does Frank do with Mrs. Finucane's ledger?
(a) He gives it to Agnes.
(b) He packs it for America.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He throws it in the river.

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

12. What is Angela's new job in Chapter 17?
(a) Working in a factory in London.
(b) Shoveling coal.
(c) Reading to children.
(d) Caring for an elderly man.

13. 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) They are told that Malachy is not coming home at all.
(d) The train crashes.

14. How does Agnes treat the children when they stay with her?
(a) She is welcoming.
(b) She is ecstatic to have children in her home.
(c) She is hostile and unkind.
(d) She is quiet and does not react to their presence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank at the pub celebrating with Mikey?

2. How does Frank spend his first wages in Chapter 15?

3. Why do Frank and Laman fight in Chapter 13?

4. What does Frank sometimes do when Mrs. Finucane falls asleep?

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

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