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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank and Alberta name their daughter?

2. What was the name of the first book that Frank made his students buy?

3. How many girls were in Frank's second class at McKee?

4. Where would Mike Small's boyfriend go for ROTC training in the summer?

5. What color hair did Paddy McGovern have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Mrs. Klein's son?

4. Why wasn't Bridey Stokes sad about her husband's death?

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

6. When was Frank able to spend time with Mike Small?

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

8. What were paraprofessionals and why were they taking college classes at New York Technical College?

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

10. Who was Bradford Rush?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Emer and Frank and why they broke up.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the reactions of Frank and his friends when he received his draft notice.

Essay Topic 3

Frank wondered why America was so hard and complicated that he had trouble seeing Hamlet with a lemon meringue pie and a bottle of ginger ale. Compare going to the movie going experience in Limerick and in New York, especially as it related to taking in food.

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