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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Paddy's ma find running around in their toilet bowl?
(a) A spider.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A cockroach.
(d) A mouse.
2. How old is Paddy's da in the novel?
(a) 54.
(b) 23.
(c) 42.
(d) 33.
3. Who falls asleep one day when Mr. Hennessey tells the class to lay their heads down so he can talk to another teacher?
(a) James O'Keefe.
(b) Patrick Clarke.
(c) Kevin Conroy.
(d) Ian McEvoy.
4. What item does Paddy request in a letter to Santa for Christmas?
(a) A sleigh.
(b) Adidas football boots.
(c) Magnifying glasses.
(d) Nothing.
5. What game are Paddy and his friends playing when Liam breaks his teeth?
(a) Grand Stand.
(b) Grand Prix.
(c) Grand Day.
(d) Grand National.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Kevin's older brother?
2. What is one of the issues that Paddy and his da like to discuss?
3. What does Paddy read that causes him to fear World War III?
4. In what construction material do Paddy and his friends sometimes play?
5. What do the boys steal from a building site at the start of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the Clarke family go for Sinbad's Holy Communion and what happens when they are there?
2. Paddy and his family go on a picnic. Describe how the picnic went and the general atmosphere of the picnic from Paddy's point-of-view.
3. What are some of the random facts that Paddy tells the reader he learned from reading?
4. Paddy states in the novel that the story of Father Damien was the best story Paddy ever read. Why does Paddy enjoy this story?
5. Why doesn't Paddy ever answer Kevin's questions?
6. Describe what happens when Miss Watkins brings in a tea-towel with the Proclamation of Independence on it into Paddy's classroom.
7. Using details from the text, describe what happens when Paddy and Kevin enter the nurse's office to have their marks checked.
8. Using details from the text to support your answer, describe Mr. Hennessey, Paddy's teacher.
9. What happens when Paddy and his father go to the library?
10. Describe some of the acts that Paddy and his friends committed that shows they were the town's troublemakers.
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