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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 grade did Frank get in History of Education in America?
(a) B-.
(b) C+.
(c) C.
(d) B.

2. Where did Frankie and Danny Lennon take college classes?
(a) City College.
(b) NYU.
(c) Adelphi University.
(d) Brooklyn College.

3. How much money did Frank make a year for his first teaching job?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $5,500.
(c) $6,000.
(d) $4,500.

4. What day was Frank supposed to begin teaching at McKee Vocational School?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. What had been built where Mrs. Austin's house used to stand?
(a) Office building.
(b) Apartment building.
(c) Tennis courts.
(d) New York Foundling Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Alberta Small's hair?

2. When Frank took the ferry home after his first day teaching at McKee, who patrolled the ferry for shoeshine customers?

3. How much did Bill Galetly want to weigh?

4. How long did Frank's faculty adviser give him to pull up his grades?

5. Where did Mike Small live while she was attending NYU?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Frank and Alberta able to buy a home?

2. What did Frank, his brothers, and his mother find when they went to harvest the vegetables from their plot of land?

3. How did Frank feel when he went back to Limerick for a visit after he had become a teacher?

4. What did the students at McKee bring Frank for St. Patrick's Day?

5. Why was Frank fired from the bank?

6. Where did Alphie and Angela live when they stayed in New York?

7. Why did Frank believe that no one listened to him when he spoke in class?

8. What was the cause of Frank and Mike's first disagreement?

9. What would Frank have liked to tell professors who singled him out for his Irishness or his faith?

10. Describe Frank and Alberta's wedding day.

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