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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marks are the school officials checking for one day at Paddy's school?
(a) F.J.K. marks.
(b) B.C.G. marks.
(c) G.C.B. marks.
(d) A.B.C. marks.

2. What is another issue that Paddy and his da like to discuss?
(a) Paddy's school issues.
(b) Paddy's ma.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Paddy's friends.

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

4. When Paddy is swimming at the beginning of the novel, what is he stung by?
(a) A bee.
(b) A wasp.
(c) A jellyfish.
(d) Nothing.

5. What bread product does Paddy find the best for making "hosts"?
(a) Vienna roll.
(b) Paper.
(c) None.
(d) Ordinary sliced bread.

6. What item does Paddy prefer for starting fires?
(a) A lighter.
(b) Matches.
(c) A magnifying glass.
(d) Rubbing sticks together.

7. What do the V's that Paddy and his friends write on their chest with a marker stand for?
(a) Viper.
(b) Victory.
(c) Violence.
(d) Vigour.

8. Whose questions does Paddy never rush to answer?
(a) Kevin's.
(b) His da's.
(c) Sinbad's.
(d) Aidan's.

9. What color is the water bottle that Paddy receives for Christmas?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

10. What weather element dampens the Clarke family's picnic?
(a) Snow.
(b) Heavy rain.
(c) Ice.
(d) Fog.

11. When Paddy is stung while he is swimming, who does his mother offer to call?
(a) Paddy's grandfather.
(b) No one.
(c) Paddy's father.
(d) An ambulance.

12. What does Paddy want his vocation to be?
(a) Missionary.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Shop owner.
(d) Priest.

13. In what construction material do Paddy and his friends sometimes play?
(a) Empty houses.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Ropes.
(d) Pipes.

14. What physical activity that the boys at Paddy's school use to hurt each other is banned by the headmaster?
(a) Pruning.
(b) Indian burning.
(c) Dead legging.
(d) Nothing.

15. Who stops trimming the hedges in the fields because the hedges are going to be dug up?
(a) The mayor.
(b) No one.
(c) The corporation manager.
(d) County council.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is always the high priest Zentoga when the boys have a naming ritual on Fridays?

2. In whose shop do Paddy and his friends show their V's?

3. What does Paddy pour on a slug?

4. How does Paddy's ma fasten Paddy's trousers when she cannot zip them?

5. What type of biscuits do Paddy and Sinbad eat at the picnic?

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