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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. In Chapter 6, where do Paddy and Frank go when they skip school?
(a) They go work at the Post Office.
(b) They help Angela with her housework.
(c) They go to an orchard to drink water and eat apples.
(d) They visit their friend Mikey.

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

3. Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A pub.
(b) A potato farm.
(c) The butcher's shop.
(d) A cement factory.

4. What is unusual about Mr. O'Halloran?
(a) He likes America.
(b) He dismisses class early.
(c) He sleeps in class.
(d) He brings the boys food.

5. What does Seamus bring Frank in the hospital?
(a) Books.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Videos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank confess at his first confession?

2. What does Grandma think will help Frank's eyes?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Malachy make his children promise when he gets them out of bed late at night after drinking?

4. What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Consider the image of Malachy placing a pint of beer on Eugene's coffin in Chapter 2. What does this image represent to you? What does it mean?

2. Nora Molloy is often institutionalized in the asylum. How does she feel about these hospitalizations? How are Nora's plight and Angela's plight similar?

3. Why does Frank feel sorry for the Spellacies in Chapter 7?

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

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

6. Do you feel it was necessary for the McCourts, in Chapter 3, to move from the room on Hartstronge Street to Roden Lane? Why or why not?

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

8. In Chapter 7, the McCourt children have begun to mimic their mother's behavior towards Malachy when he comes home drunk. Describe how they act and whether you think Malachy deserves this.

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

10. 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?

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