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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Stephen's hands when Father Dolan does not believe his glasses broke by accident?
(a) They are pressed against the wall.
(b) They are tied behind his back.
(c) They are placed in hot water.
(d) They are given whacks with the pandybat.

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

3. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?
(a) Mother and Father
(b) Dante and Mr. Casey
(c) Dante and Uncle Charles
(d) Stephen and Father

4. What is the rumor about the five boys who ran away from Clongowes?
(a) They went to sea.
(b) They stole from the collection box.
(c) They spit in the holy water.
(d) They drank communion wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen regulate the noise he hears in the refractory?

2. What results from Stephen's fall into the ditch?

3. Where does Stephen keep himself during the football game?

4. What was Stephen's early song?

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

(see the answer key)

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