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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the older boys opted for the flogging?
(a) a boy named Corrigan
(b) a boy named Wells
(c) a boy named Simon Moonan
(d) a boy named Tusker Boyle

2. For what does Stephen continually search?
(a) for his fortune
(b) for his Mercedes
(c) for his friend Aubrey
(d) for a job

3. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?
(a) because he broke his arm
(b) because he was perfect on his exams
(c) because his glasses are broken
(d) because he is still running a fever

4. When does Stephen feel happy?
(a) only when he is alone
(b) only when he sees the girl from the tram
(c) only when he has a sweet to eat
(d) only when he thinks of Mercedes

5. While onstage delivering his lines, who does Stephen see in the audience?
(a) the girl from the tram
(b) Uncle Charles and Dante
(c) Father Arnall
(d) his father with a strange woman

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

7. Who does Stephen know for sure is in the audience for a play he is in at school?
(a) his father
(b) Aubrey
(c) Dante
(d) Uncle Charles

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

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

10. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?
(a) unjust punishment
(b) broken fingers
(c) Father Dolan interfering in Father Arnall's class
(d) broken blood vessels in his hands

11. What makes Stephen angry with himself?
(a) his inability to express himself
(b) his youth and foolish impulses
(c) his lack of proper education
(d) his lack of ambition

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

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

14. After Blackrock, where does the family move?
(a) back into their old home
(b) into less comfortable accommodations in Dublin
(c) to an apartment in London
(d) to a small house in Belfast

15. What comment does Father make that he is admonished not to say in front of Stephen?
(a) Stephen's father calls the British "the saviors of Ireland."
(b) Stephen's father calls the language of the Holy Ghost "bad language."
(c) Stephen's father calls religious education a "blight on the land."
(d) Stephen's father calls all priests "instruments of the devil."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephen imagine he will live when he gets married?

2. What do Stephen and Aubrey Mills formulate?

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

4. What do Stephen and Aubrey do in the meadow?

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

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