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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 believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He has not followed the rules in church.
(c) He has bad manners.
(d) He is not old enough.

2. What is the Confraternity?
(a) A soccer club.
(b) A religious organization.
(c) A dancing class.
(d) An employment agency.

3. What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?
(a) A new bag of coal.
(b) Eggs, butter, and sugar to make sweets.
(c) Brother Michael.
(d) New clothes for the children.

4. When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages?
(a) He spends all of the wages on new clothes for the children.
(b) He spends all of the wages on alcohol.
(c) He is robbed walking home.
(d) He is fired.

5. Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the collection?
(a) The money the students collect for the church.
(b) The money collected from the church members to feed the families.
(c) Food collected for the charity.
(d) When neighbors give sweets and money to the children receiving their First Communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?"

2. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?

3. Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

4. Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Malachy meet Angela?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Angela tells Malachy she is done having children. What is she really saying, considering their religious background?

2. What does Grandma's attitude towards first communion and first confession in Chapter 4 tell you about the role of Catholicism in their lives?

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

4. How does the reader see Frank's emerging sexuality in Chapter 8?

5. What does Frank miss most about the hospital when he arrives home in Chapter 8? Would you feel the same way?

6. Why does Peter Dooley want to read the news on the BBC radio? What do you think of his goals?

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

8. Describe the scene in town on Fridays in Chapter 3 when work is finished. What is the overall atmosphere? How are Angela's feelings different than those of the other women in town?

9. When Frank arrives home from the hospital in Chapter 8, he realizes that Malachy is unemployed again. Should Frank be surprised by this? Why or why not?

10. Describe the circumstances that lead the McCourt family back to Ireland in Chapter 1.

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