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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Stephen's early song?
(a) In the Gloaming
(b) O, the Wild Rose Blooms
(c) Old Dan tucker
(d) The Irish Lullaby

2. After dinner, why does Stephen march out of the house?
(a) to find a chapel in which to confess
(b) to return to school and see Father Arnall
(c) to find Emma and beg her forgiveness
(d) to go by the brothels to see if he can overcome his lusts

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

4. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?
(a) the newspaper
(b) comic books
(c) The Count of Monte Cristo
(d) The Pickwick Papers

5. What job is given to Stephen?
(a) doing laundry
(b) unpacking boxes
(c) carrying messages
(d) delivering newspapers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the character Stephen is fixated on?

2. At school, what is the unusual word Stephen sees carved into a desk?

3. What choice is given two of the older boys after the group of runaways is returned to Clongowes?

4. In whose honor is the retreat being held?

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

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