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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen discover when he returns home from the director's office?
(a) They are all excited about his becoming a priest.
(b) His father is in the hospital.
(c) Uncle Charles has died.
(d) The family is being forced to move again.

2. What does Stephen pretend not to notice when his mother says goodbye to him at school?
(a) that she was going to cry
(b) that she was in a hurry to leave
(c) that she wore too much perfume
(d) that her hat was on backwards

3. What does the preacher say awaits those who do not make use of the atonement of Christ to right their relationship with God?
(a) excommunication
(b) oblivion
(c) hell
(d) purgatory

4. What is a major theme of the book?
(a) Catholicism versus Protestantism
(b) Irish nationalism and Irish identity
(c) Coming of age
(d) Catholic education versus public education

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What begins to needle him and cause minor disruptions to his devotions?

3. How does Stephen evaluate Cranly's speech?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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