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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scandalous suggestion is rumored about the five boys who ran away?
(a) They had smuggled a prostitute into the school
(b) They were caught peeping into ladies' bedrooms.
(c) They were showing their bottoms to ladies on the street.
(d) They were caught "smugging" in the square with two younger boys.

2. After the punishment, what do the boys urge Stephen to do?
(a) put tacks in Father Dolan's chair
(b) call the police
(c) run away from the school
(d) visit the rector

3. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?
(a) his father's heart attack
(b) Christmas holidays
(c) a relapse of his illness
(d) his sister's wedding

4. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) stepped on her toes
(b) showed her his backside
(c) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(d) slapped her with his gloves

5. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?
(a) Father Arnall
(b) Father Dolan
(c) Father Parnell
(d) Father O'Casey

Short Answer Questions

1. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?

2. What limits the omniscience of the narrator of the story?

3. What results when Stephen is bullied again?

4. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?

5. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?

(see the answer key)

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