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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 45 - 66).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eileen say can afford to be careless?
(a) The nuns.
(b) People with no children.
(c) No one.
(d) The other men at the coal yard.

2. What book does Furlong remember receiving for Christmas when he was a boy?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) The Scarlet Letter.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Moby Dick.

3. What do the Furlongs get for Joan for Christmas?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A Queen album.
(c) Jeans.
(d) A pair of shoes.

4. Where does Eileen say she will do the Christmas shopping?
(a) Cork.
(b) Waterford.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Galway.

5. Where does Furlong spend most of his infancy?
(a) In the coal house.
(b) In the orphanage.
(c) In a moses basket in Mrs. Wilson's kitchen.
(d) In the laundries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the area right beside the river called in Ireland?

2. Who does Loretta not want to see that Furlong worries about?

3. What is their never a shortage of around town?

4. What job does Furlong remember from one summer in technical school?

5. What do Furlong's girls do together in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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