Angela's Ashes Chapter 5

Question 1

Who are the only two people in the family that everyone talks to?

Answer 1

Uncle Pa Keating and Uncle Pat

Question 2

Who does Frankie want to be like?

Answer 2

Uncle Pa Keating so that he doesnt care what people say/think

Question 3

What is unique about the communication between families in Ireland?

Answer 3

it is practically non-existant between the Civil War, soupers, and informers.

Question 4

What can they not do now that they dont talk to their grandmother?

Answer 4

they cant ask for sugar and butter and bread

Question 5

Who is a friend to Angela?

Answer 5

Bridey

Question 6

What poem describes Angela and Malachy’s marriage?

Answer 6

The Man from the North

Question 7

What do people come to Malachy for?

Answer 7

they come for help in writing letters to the government.

Question 8

What does Grandma have everywhere in the house?

Answer 8

the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Question 9

What does she make Uncle Pat do every night?

Answer 9

say his prayers

Question 10

Who does Grandma let come into the house for a short stay?

Answer 10

Bill Galvin

Question 11

What is wrong with Bill Galvin?

Answer 11

he is a protestant

Question 12

What does Grandma do for Bill Galvin’s dinner?

Answer 12

bring it to him

Question 13

how is frankie going to get his family sixpence?

Answer 13

by bringing the dinner to Bill Galvin from his grandmothers

Question 14

What does Frankie do on his first delivery of food?

Answer 14

he eats it all

Question 15

What does Bill Galvin force Frankie to do?

Answer 15

bring the can back to his grandmother and ask for more dinner or he will kill him

Question 16

how does grandma react to Frankie eating the food?

Answer 16

she freaks out

Question 17

what is frankie’s punishment?

Answer 17

he will work a few nights without pay.

Question 18

What does Angela and Malachy always seem to have money for?

Answer 18

cigs

Question 19

What has happened to Angela and Malachy because of smoking?

Answer 19

their teeth have begun to fall out and cause trumendous pain

Question 20

do the parents want Frankie and Malachy Jr. smoking?

Answer 20

no

Question 21

What do Angela and Malachy do with their teeth?

Answer 21

they have to get them pulled and get fake ones.

Question 22

What does Malachy Jr do with the fake teeth?

Answer 22

he tries to put them in his mouth.

Question 23

What happens as a result of putting the fake teeth in his mouth?

Answer 23

He has to go to the hospital

Question 24

What operation does Frankie have to get?

Answer 24

he has to get his tonsils and adenoids taken out

Question 25

What does Angela and Malachy want Frankie to begin?

Answer 25

dancing

Question 26

What does Angela think the dancing will do?

Answer 26

keep Frankie off of the streets

Question 27

What does Frankie have to put the money in?

Answer 27

a black boys mouth

Question 28

Who does the dance instructor, Ms. O'Connor, Love

Answer 28

Cyril

Question 29

Who helps Frankie learn in his first lesson?

Answer 29

maura

Question 30

What does Billy Campbell, a friend of Frankie's, say dancing will do to him?

Answer 30

dancing will make him bad at everything and a sissy

Question 31

What does Frankie do with the sixpence on week four?

Answer 31

he goes to a movie instead.

Question 32

What happens when Frankie has the toffee?

Answer 32

he loses a tooth

Question 33

What does Malachy say about Frankie missing a tooth?

Answer 33

he doesnt care

Question 34

where is malachy taking frankie?

Answer 34

to confession

Question 35

What does angela wish malachy was like?

Answer 35

she wishes he would come home after work and only take a small amount of money for beer

Question 36

What does Frankie have to join?

Answer 36

he has to join the boys league in the Arch Confraternity.

Question 37

What is the Arch Confraternity?

Answer 37

it is a dealing with the church in which sermons are read. they pray for the souls lost to hell

Question 38

Why is becoming a part of the Arch COnfraternity a good thing?

Answer 38

Angela can say her son is a part of it to St. Vincent de Paul and get more stuff

Question 39

what happens if someone misses meetings?

Answer 39

they went an explanation first, then there is a summons paper, then a search party goes looking for you

Question 40

What is the only thing that should keep frankie from the Confraternity?

Answer 40

death

Question 41

what does malachy want frankie to be?

Answer 41

an alter boy

Question 42

Is Frankie allowed tp be an alter boy?

Answer 42

no

Question 43

Why can he not be an alter boy?

Answer 43

they do not have room

Question 44

why does angela and malachy think he cant be an alter boy?

Answer 44

class distinction; they only like the rich kids.