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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. Who is able to visit Angela in the hospital when she is ill in Chapter 10?
(a) Mr. Timoney and Laman.
(b) Margaret and Agnes.
(c) No one is allowed to visit her.
(d) Frank and young Malachy.

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

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

4. Why do the McCourt children laugh at Aunt Agnes while they are staying with her in Chapter 10?
(a) She has a wart on her face.
(b) She falls down the stairs.
(c) She cannnot cook.
(d) She uses a chamber pot.

5. Where does Frank get a new job in Chapter 16?
(a) At the barbership.
(b) At Eason's delivering newspapers.
(c) Tutoring students at school.
(d) At Mrs. O'Connell's shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Finucane want Frank to do?

2. Why does Alphie get so upset in Chapter 10?

3. When does Pa Keating feed the children in Chapter 10?

4. What is wrong with Angela's health in Chapter 10?

5. What does Frank sell for ten pounds in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Angela is so disappointed in Frank in Chapter 17 when he has his first legal drink?

2. In Chapter 11, Mikey explains to Frank how babies are conceived. This is news to Frank. What impact does it have on him?

3. Describe Frank's experience delivering telegrams to the Carmody house in Chapter 15. How is he feeling? Was this an expected occurrence?

4. How does the time Frank spends in the library in Chapter 14 reading a predictor of his future profession?

5. Frank says very little about his grandmother's death. Why do you think this is?

6. Why is Frank's job with John Hannon in Chapter 11 a mixed blessing?

7. Why does Frank regret not taking the postal exam in Chapter 18?

8. Why do you think Frank attempts to baptize Mrs. Harrington in Chapter 16?

9. In Chapter 15, Agnes buys Frank new clothes. Why is this so surprising? Why do you think she does it?

10. In Chapter 10, Angela goes back to the St. Vincent de Paul society to beg for charity, and stops at a church to beg for help as well. Frank later remarks that he has trouble looking her in the eye. Why do you think that is?

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