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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Angela slide into a deep depression?
(a) She is depressed because Malachy is an alcoholic.
(b) She is depressed because Margaret died.
(c) She is miserable because she misses Ireland.
(d) She is sad because Malachy cannot hold down a job.

2. For what does Peter Dooley charge Frank?
(a) To look at his naked sister.
(b) To sneak him into the cinema.
(c) To give him his lunch.
(d) To do his homework.

3. How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A place without drunk fathers, with plenty of food, and with his other dead siblings.
(b) An empty place, like the inside of a coffin.
(c) A place with plenty of food and music and dancing.
(d) A place where there is no rain.

4. Why does Mickey die?
(a) He is in a bad fight.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He has typhoid.
(d) He has consumption.

5. Why does Angela think Mr. Timoney lost his cleaning woman?
(a) He had tried to convert her to Buddhism.
(b) She went to work for Mrs. Finucane.
(c) She was in love with another man.
(d) Mr. Timoney did not pay her well enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?

2. Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for free?

3. Philomena urges Angela to make sure she doesn't have anymore children. Why?

4. What is Mr. O'Neill particularly enthusiastic about teaching?

5. What does the quote "We don't care about England or France, all we want is the German advance" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the effect Margaret's death has on the family in Chapter 1.

2. In Chapter 9, Mr. Downes tells Angela that Malachy is drinking away all of the money in London. Why do you think this is so shameful to the family?

3. Discuss Malachy's attitude towards work in Chapter 3.

4. Chapter 1 begins the pattern of Malachy losing his jobs. To what extent do you believe he is responsible for this pattern? Is he a victim of fate, or do his actions cause these negative consequences?

5. Frank is hospitalized again in Chapter 9. What might this tell you about his overall health, and what might be the cause of it?

6. Why is Frank so reluctant to take dance lessons in Chapter 5, and why is his mother so insistent that he take them?

7. Why is Mikey not considered a "proper" Catholic?

8. In Chapter 6, Paddy Clohessy's father has consumption. What does this tell you about their living situation?

9. In Chapter 9, why is the family shamed when no telegram arrives?

10. In Chapter 2, why do you think the officials at the St. Vincent de Paul Society are hesitant to help the McCourts?

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