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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 type of sandwiches does the Clarke family eat on their picnic?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Egg.
(c) Ham and cheese.
(d) Chicken salad.

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

3. Who is Kevin's older brother?
(a) Ian.
(b) David.
(c) Martin.
(d) James.

4. What type of biscuits do Paddy and Sinbad eat at the picnic?
(a) Marginerines.
(b) Marriettas.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) None.

5. When does Paddy's hero from his favorite story die?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Palm Sunday.
(c) Ash Wednesday.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chore must Paddy do every Sunday before Mass?

2. When Paddy is swimming at the beginning of the novel, what is he stung by?

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

4. Where does Paddy's da place the letter to Santa from Paddy and Sinbad?

5. Which team is Paddy's favorite football/soccer team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the rumors Paddy and his friends heard about the death of Sean Rickard? What actually killed Sean?

2. Describe the ceremony that Paddy and his friends sometimes played on Fridays.

3. What action during the family picnic causes Paddy to ruin Sinbad's biscuits? How does Paddy ruin the biscuits?

4. Using details from the text to support your answer, describe Mr. Hennessey, Paddy's teacher.

5. Describe what happens when Miss Watkins brings in a tea-towel with the Proclamation of Independence on it into Paddy's classroom.

6. What are some of the random facts that Paddy tells the reader he learned from reading?

7. Using details from the text, describe how Paddy's fort under the table is an indication that Paddy still wants to be a child.

8. Why doesn't Paddy ever answer Kevin's questions?

9. Describe some of the acts that Paddy and his friends committed that shows they were the town's troublemakers.

10. Describe Paddy and Sinbad's relationship using examples from the text to support your answer.

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