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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Cleary children attend school?
(a) Sacred Heart Convent School.
(b) The corner school.
(c) Wahine Elementary.
(d) Lord of the Outback Elementary.

2. What does Frank do after he hears reports about him and Paddy?
(a) Confides in Ralph.
(b) Marries the neighbor girl.
(c) Opens his own blacksmith shop.
(d) Leaves Gillanbone.

3. How much older is Mary than Ralph?
(a) Two decades.
(b) Five decades.
(c) Four decades.
(d) One decade.

4. Which of the following is a gift that Ralph receives from Mary?
(a) A trip to New Zealand.
(b) New house.
(c) A herd of livestock.
(d) Daimler.

5. Who is the first person that the Cleary family meets when they arrive in Gillanbone?
(a) Fiona's sister.
(b) Paddy Cleary's mother.
(c) Mary Carson.
(d) Father Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are two of the Cleary boys?

2. What is the district's most important social event?

3. What does the Cleary family not encounter at Drogheda?

4. Which character says that Frank is no better than the one who fathered him?

5. Who is the main character of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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