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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Paddy request in a letter to Santa for Christmas?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Magnifying glasses.
(c) A sleigh.
(d) Adidas football boots.

2. Which of Paddy's friends does not attend the same school as Paddy?
(a) Kevin Conroy.
(b) Liam O'Connell.
(c) Edward Swanwick.
(d) James O'Keefe.

3. What does Paddy's mother put on the sting that Paddy received while he was swimming?
(a) Ointment.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ice.
(d) Meat tenderizer.

4. Which writer of the Irish Proclamation of Independence does Paddy say is his grandfather?
(a) Joseph Plunkett.
(b) Thomas J. Clarke.
(c) Sean MacDiarmada.
(d) P.H. Pearse.

5. Where do the gang of boys like to light fires?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) At the building site.
(c) At the school shed.
(d) In their backyards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns a farm that Paddy and his friends enjoy playing in?

2. Where does Paddy's da place the letter to Santa from Paddy and Sinbad?

3. What color is the water bottle that Paddy receives for Christmas?

4. When Paddy is swimming at the beginning of the novel, what is he stung by?

5. What do the boys steal from a building site at the start of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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