SparkNotes: Angela’s Ashes: Plot Overview Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
Where do Frank McCourt’s parents, Angela and Malachy, meet?

Dublin
Limerick
Boston
Brooklyn

2 of 5
What causes Malachy continually to use up the family’s money?

Heroin addiction
Alcoholism
Need for diabetes treatment
A reckless spending habit

3 of 5
How does Frank pass much of his time while in the hospital with typhoid fever?

Reading
Listening to the radio
Talking to another patient
Drawing cartoons

4 of 5
What event causes many fathers in Limerick, including Frank’s, to go to England to work?

The Irish Potato Famine
The invention of automobiles
The Great Depression
World War II

5 of 5
What does Frank save up for after the death of Theresa Carmody?

A car
A house
A ticket to England
A ticket to America

Angela’s Ashes

Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
Where do Frank McCourt’s parents, Angela and Malachy, meet?

2 of 5
What causes Malachy continually to use up the family’s money?

3 of 5
How does Frank pass much of his time while in the hospital with typhoid fever?

4 of 5
What event causes many fathers in Limerick, including Frank’s, to go to England to work?

5 of 5
What does Frank save up for after the death of Theresa Carmody?

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1 of 5 Where do Frank McCourt’s parents, Angela and Malachy, meet?

2 of 5 What causes Malachy continually to use up the family’s money?

3 of 5 How does Frank pass much of his time while in the hospital with typhoid fever?

4 of 5 What event causes many fathers in Limerick, including Frank’s, to go to England to work?

5 of 5 What does Frank save up for after the death of Theresa Carmody?

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CHARACTERS Character List

CHARACTERS Frank McCourt: Character Analysis

MAIN IDEAS Important Quotations Explained

MAIN IDEAS Themes

FURTHER STUDY Review Quiz

Take a Study Break

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1 of 5
Where do Frank McCourt’s parents, Angela and Malachy, meet?

2 of 5
What causes Malachy continually to use up the family’s money?

3 of 5
How does Frank pass much of his time while in the hospital with typhoid fever?

4 of 5
What event causes many fathers in Limerick, including Frank’s, to go to England to work?

5 of 5
What does Frank save up for after the death of Theresa Carmody?