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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 was the name of Mrs. Klein's husband?

2. When did Frank get his first teaching job?

3. When did Frank and Alberta have their first child?

4. How much money did Frank make a year for his first teaching job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Angela invite to her apartment one day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were the girls doing in Frank's second class at McKee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss why Frank worked temporary jobs and how the jobs worked out for him.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Frank's expectations of what college would be like with what college was actually like.

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