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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. To what author did Mike Small compare Frank's essay on "The Bed"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Steinbeck.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Twain.

2. What color was Alberta Small's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Red.

3. What was the name of Malachy's second wife?
(a) Martha.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Annie.
(d) Diana.

4. Where did Frank get his master's degree?
(a) City College.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) NYU
(d) York College.

5. Where did Malachy take his father shortly after he arrived in America?
(a) A play.
(b) His bar.
(c) A movie.
(d) Alcoholics Anonymous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Bridey Stokes have to go up and down emptying trash every night?

2. What color were Alberta Small's eyes?

3. Where did Frank teach after he left McKee?

4. What was Andy Peters studying at NYU?

5. What had been built where Mrs. Austin's house used to stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Miss Mudd save Frank?

2. What was Frank's brother, Malachy, doing once he moved to in Manhattan?

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

4. What routine did Alberta follow on the weekends in Chapter 41?

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

6. Why didn't Paddy McGovern have any trouble getting girls to dance?

7. What memories did Frank have of his father?

8. Why was Frank fired from the bank?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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