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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the O'Connell's eat at every lunch?
(a) Fish.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Crisps.
(d) Chocolate.

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

3. Who is the main character of the novel?
(a) Paddy Clarke.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Sinbad Clarke.
(d) James O'Keefe.

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

5. What is the name of the colony where Paddy's hero from his favorite story went?
(a) Corpus Christi.
(b) Holikai.
(c) Molokai.
(d) Topikai.

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

7. What does Paddy use to choke Brian Sheridan with while the boys are waiting to have their marks checked?
(a) His belt.
(b) His hands.
(c) His jumper.
(d) A stick.

8. How does Paddy's ma fasten Paddy's trousers when she cannot zip them?
(a) By using elastic.
(b) She uses a belt to hold the sides together.
(c) By sewing the sides together.
(d) With a safety pin.

9. Paddy enjoys the smell of his desk at school. What does Paddy do to his desk one day?
(a) He licks it.
(b) He cuts a piece off his desk.
(c) He carves his name in it.
(d) He steals it.

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

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

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

13. Where does the Clarke family eat their picnic meal?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) On a picnic table.
(c) In the car.
(d) In a field.

14. What group of priests does Joseph join?
(a) The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
(b) The Congregation of the Blessed.
(c) The Opis Dei.
(d) None.

15. What is one of the issues that Paddy and his da like to discuss?
(a) Food.
(b) Paddy's friends.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Paddy's friends does not attend the same school as Paddy?

2. What item does Paddy request in a letter to Santa for Christmas?

3. What do the V's that Paddy and his friends write on their chest with a marker stand for?

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

5. Where do Paddy and his family have a picnic shortly after they purchase their new car?

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