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Angela’s Ashes
Frank McCourt
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What organization was Malachy McCourt Sr. once a part of?
The Old IRA
The freemasons
The Ku Klux Klan
The mafia
2
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Who coerces Malachy McCourt into marrying Angela Sheenan after she becomes pregnant by him?
Her father, Mr. Sheenan
Bridey Hannon
Aunt Aggie
The McNamara sisters
3
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Who is the mythical hero of the story that Frank most liked to hear from Malachy?
Cuchulain
Beowulf
Finn McCool
Stephen Dedalus
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What event inspires Malachy temporarily to stop drinking?
Frank's First Communion
A statue crying blood
Margaret's birth
Margaret's death
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After Margaret's death, who writes to Angela's mother, asking her for money to cover the McCourt's return passage to Ireland?
Frank
Malachy
The McCourts' neighbours
The McNamara Sisters
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