2/8 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

Option #2: What does Frank's teacher tell the boys who teased Frank about his shoes?

Option #3: What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory? Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?

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**Bonus question: Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?**

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2/7 Chapter 3

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Option #2: Why does the family move to Roden Lane? Why does the family call the upstairs of their home Italy and the downstairs Ireland?

Option #3: Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas? How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner? What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?

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**Bonus question: When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?**

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2/6 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?

Option #2: Why does Angela insist on going to the Labour Exchange with Malachy after Oliver's

death? In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?

Option #3: After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub? How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

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**Bonus question: Summarize chapter 2.**

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2/5 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: When told there is no work in Ireland, Malachy decides to go to Dublin. Why?

Option #2: When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told? Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?

Option #3: Because they do not have bus fare home, where does the family sleep that night? How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family? Once the family rents a room, why are they unable to sleep that first night?

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**Bonus question: After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?**

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2/4 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Angela slide into a deep depression? 

Option #2: What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?

Option #3: Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?

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2/1 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Where were both of Frank's parents born? Frank's father, Malachy, originally comes to America for what reason?

Option #2: Where does Malachy meet Angela? Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?

Option #3: What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground? When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages? Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?

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**Bonus question: Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?**

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