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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) a countdown to the holidays
(b) a letter from his mother
(c) a photo of Eileen
(d) answers to test questions

2. What is the purpose of the trip that causes Stephen's father to sip from his flask?
(a) Stephen's grandmother's funeral
(b) the auction of his property
(c) a job interview
(d) a visit to a clinic

3. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?
(a) He begins to formulate new political ideas.
(b) He does not understand fully what they talk about.
(c) He takes in everything and understands.
(d) He wonders why adults like to talk so much.

4. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?
(a) He helps her off the tram.
(b) He sits her in his lap.
(c) He calls her Mercedes.
(d) He kisses her.

5. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?
(a) They plan to send him to England to study.
(b) His father has converted to Protestantism.
(c) From then on he will be home schooled.
(d) It signifies a change in his father's finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the older men Stephen walks with usually talk about?

2. How does Stephen see the priests in this first chapter of the book?

3. Who gets into an argument during Christmas dinner?

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

5. Where do Stephen and his father go at night by rail?

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