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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clothes line article do Paddy and his friends shove into Aidan's face?
(a) A diaper.
(b) A bra.
(c) Socks.
(d) Knickers.

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

3. What is the boys' favorite thing to jump when they are playing chase?
(a) Nothing.
(b) People.
(c) Hedges.
(d) Sidewalk cracks.

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

5. What type of car does Paddy's father buy?
(a) A Cavalier.
(b) A Cutlass.
(c) A Ranger.
(d) A Cortina.

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

7. What does the fella who went to Africa come back with in his stomach?
(a) Worms.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Flies.

8. Where do Paddy and his family have a picnic shortly after they purchase their new car?
(a) Barrytown.
(b) Dollymount.
(c) Raheny.
(d) Mountains.

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

10. In what town do the boys live?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Motown.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) Barrytown.

11. What type of sick people does Paddy's hero help?
(a) HIV victims.
(b) Diabetics.
(c) Lepers.
(d) Polio patients.

12. On whose pillar does Kevin draw a mickey?
(a) The Clarke's.
(b) The O'Connell's.
(c) The Kiernan's.
(d) The Sullivan's.

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

14. What item does Paddy's father own that is in a red box?
(a) A record player.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A belt.
(d) A gun.

15. One day Mr. Hennessey reads a story in class. What word from the story baffles Paddy and his friends?
(a) Substandard.
(b) Pruning.
(c) Trellis.
(d) Bucko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kevin's older brother?

2. What is the name of the colony where Paddy's hero from his favorite story went?

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

4. What is blocking the pipe at the Clarke house that causes the drain to become clogged?

5. What does Paddy's mother put on the sting that Paddy received while he was swimming?

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