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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 light between Sinbad's lips?
(a) A candle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lighter fluid.
(d) A cigar.

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

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

4. Where does Paddy's da place the letter to Santa from Paddy and Sinbad?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Up the chimney.
(c) In the mail.
(d) In the garbage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of priests does Joseph join?

2. How old is Paddy's da in the novel?

3. Who owns a farm that Paddy and his friends enjoy playing in?

4. What do the boys steal from a building site at the start of the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Paddy and his father go to the library?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Paddy's relationship with his ma.

8. Using details from the text, describe how Paddy is stuck between being a child and becoming a teenager.

9. 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.

10. Describe Paddy's relationship with his two sisters, Catherine and Deirdre.

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