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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. When did Frank get his first teaching job?

2. How old was Frank when his father came for a three-week visit to America?

3. What day was Frank supposed to begin teaching at McKee Vocational School?

4. What was the address of the flat Frank lived in when he was teaching at McKee?

5. What was Mike Small's stepmother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the room that Frank rented from Mrs. Klein different from the one he rented from Mrs. Austin?

2. What types of temporary jobs did Frank have while he was working his way through school?

3. Who was Bradford Rush?

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

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

6. Why did Frank begin teaching at McKee Vocational School on Thursday instead of Monday?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank finally was able to enroll in college. Discuss the events that led to Frank's enrollment in college and how he got accepted without a high school diploma.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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