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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Stephen a second clue that all is not well financially with the family?
(a) He notices slight changes around the house.
(b) His father sells the automobile.
(c) His mother takes in laundry.
(d) He does not get new clothes.

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

3. Who does Stephen fantasize about marrying when he grows up?
(a) Eileen
(b) His mother
(c) Margaret
(d) Dante

4. Where does Stephen imagine he will live when he gets married?
(a) in a small, whitewashed house outside of Blackrock
(b) in an apartment in London
(c) in a three storey house in Dublin
(d) on a houseboat

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Stephen broke his glasses himself in order to get out of his schoolwork?

2. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?

3. What does Stephen do about new words he hears the adults use?

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

5. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?

(see the answer key)

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