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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys at school tease Stephen about?
(a) wearing short pants
(b) wetting his bed
(c) kissing his mother before bedtime
(d) writing letters to Eileen

2. In whose honor is the retreat being held?
(a) Saint Francis Xavier, patron of the college
(b) The Virgin Mary
(c) Saint Jude, patron of lost causes
(d) Saint Francis of Assissi

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

4. What is Stephen's condition as he leaves the retreat?
(a) Stephen is rebellious against all he had heard.
(b) Stephen is happy that he has overcome his lusts.
(c) Stephen is determined to leave the Church.
(d) Stephen is so sick he fears he may have already died.

5. 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) He does not get new clothes.
(d) His mother takes in laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen figure out about his not returning to Clongowes?

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

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

4. How does Stephen follow the adult conversation at Christmas?

5. Who bumps Stephen into a square ditch of slimy, cold water?

(see the answer key)

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