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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?
(a) humming softly to himself
(b) shutting out sound by concentration on home
(c) closing and opening the flaps of his ears
(d) putting beans in his ears

2. What political figure becomes a topic of conversation and disagreement among the adults?
(a) Goldsmith
(b) Churchill
(c) Cromwell
(d) Parnell

3. After the punishment, what are Flemming and Stephen told to do?
(a) sit on the floor
(b) kneel
(c) return to their seats
(d) stand in the corner

4. How do the boys see Stephen after he talks with the rector?
(a) as an enemy
(b) as a sneak
(c) as a tattle tale
(d) as a hero

5. What does Stephen like in Doctor Cornwell's Spelling Book?
(a) margin notes he wrote
(b) funny illustrations
(c) large print
(d) nice sentences

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?

2. What is the first occasion for Stephen to return home from school?

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. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?

(see the answer key)

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