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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 243-282.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Paddy when he falls asleep in school after staying up all night?
(a) He is whipped.
(b) He is taken to the headmaster's office to sleep.
(c) He has detention.
(d) His parents are called.

2. Who teaches Paddy and Sinbad to make farting noises with their arms?
(a) Jane.
(b) Liam.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Margaret.

3. Who gets into trouble for doing the activity that is banned at Paddy's school by the headmaster?
(a) James.
(b) Ian.
(c) Patty.
(d) Kevin.

4. What name does Paddy call the man who lives in the fields in Barrytown?
(a) Martin Conray.
(b) Uncle Eddie.
(c) Mary Rickards.
(d) Weirdy Fella.

5. What truth does Sinbad always deny, even when Paddy tells him repeatedly that it is the truth?
(a) That their parents fight.
(b) That Paddy loves him.
(c) That Sinbad is the oldest.
(d) That their da is a drunk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Paddy allowed to leave school early one Friday afternoon?

3. What time does Mr. Hennessey tell Paddy he needs to be in bed by?

4. What does the fella who went to Africa come back with in his stomach?

5. Why does Paddy feel like their da won the first fight Paddy ever listened to his parents have?

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