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Angela's Ashes Chapter 10 Flashcards

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1
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What does Angela want to bring up to “Italy”?

A

the picture of the pope

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2
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What rhetorical strategy does the first paragraph express?

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juxtaposition because he is adding humor to a sad situation

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Why do Malachy and Frankie want to try and make sure Angela sleeps in?

A

they dont want to go to school

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4
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Why wont the grandmother help the children?

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because Malachy is a northern man who doesnt care about his family, and has a presbyterian look about him.

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5
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What is the temptation of Frankie while running through the streets of Limerick to go talk to Kathleen O’Connell in her shop?

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seeing all of the food, drink, and seemingly perfect dinners in the window of each house is making his mouth water.

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6
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How does Frankie get the lemonade?

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he steals it from the sidewalk when a van leaves beer and lemonade outside

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How does Frankie get the bread?

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he steals it from the van while the driver is in Kathleen O’Connell’s shop

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What kind of story does Frankie tell his brothers about the bread and lemonade?

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he tells a crazy story about being chased by shop owners and having to run into a church.

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What does Malachy Jr and Michael think of the story?

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Malachy Jr. says that it was what Robin Hood would have done. Michael says that Frankie is an outlaw and will be hung.

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Why does Michael say he doesnt want Alphie to die or Frankie to be hung?

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he would be left with only one brother while everyone else has so many

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11
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What does Frankie think about when he is in bed?

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jam to put on bread

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12
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What does Frankie do when he goes out to find more food?

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he steals a basket of food from a doorstep.

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13
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What does Angela say when she is in bed?

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she starts grieving about her lost daughter and sons.

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What do the boys plan to do and use alphie for?

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they plan to go from door to door asking for turf and wood, and they would use alphie as a cuteness factor

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How do the boys start getting the wood?

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Michael is the distraction while Frankie and Malachy Jr. break into the yard and steal turf and wood and throw it into the pram

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16
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what happens when Frankie hits alphie with turf and coal?

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Alphie starts to cry and Malachy Jr and Frankie have to take him back to the house, leaving Michael at the rich person’s house to fend for himself

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How does one rich woman act towards michael>

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she invites him into her house, and she has guilt and will probably offer his family help

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What does the Guard say when he sees the family in shambles?

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he says that their living conditions are a desperate situation

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19
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What do Gram and Aunt Aggie do when they get to their house?

A

they call Frankie filthy and get very angry

20
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How does the Guard react when Michael tells him what they have done to get food?

A

he finds it funny and calls them desperados

21
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Where will the boys be living while Angela is in the hospital with pneumonia?

A

aunt aggie’s

22
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What happens when Aunt Aggie tells frankie to get their clothes?

A

he tells her that they are wearing their only clothes and aunt aggie just stops and stares.

23
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What does Frankie express while just entering Aunt Aggie’s kitchen?

A

he expresses that they dont know what to do when they enter a house. he is scared to make a move or talk for fear of being yelled at

24
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What does Frankie being scared in the Kitchen show about him?

A

it shows he is respectful

25
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What would the boys be laughing at?

A

Aunt Aggie peeing

26
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What does Aunt aggie make the boys do before they stay in the house?

A

go outside and wash themselves

27
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How does Pa Keating accept the boys?

A

he jokes with them and when he gets his dinner he gives them bits of tomatoes and ham

28
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How is Aunt Aggie treating the boys?

A

she is good to them, and yet she is very harsh in punishment to them

29
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Why does aunt aggie want the boys up early?

A

it is ash wednesday and she wants them to go pray for their mother

30
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What does Frabkie want to be when he grows up?

A

a jesuit

31
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Why does Michael get upset at the mass?

A

malachy jr and frankie tell him he cant get ashes because he isnt confirmed

32
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What is Frankie afraid to express to Aunt Aggie?

A

he is afraid to express anything the shows he is less than her because she will get mad.

33
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Why does Frankie not understand why his aunt is so cranky?

A

she has everything she needs and more

34
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What does Pa keating say about hands?

A

he gives a life lesson about how hands are the dirtiest things and the only people to trust are those that wipe with one hand and eat with another.

35
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How does Pa Keating stop Alphie from crying?

A

he asks him if he wants to suck on his nipple

36
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How does Frankie plan to get away from aunt aggie?

A

he plans to get sick and go to the hospital, so he stands outside in the cold for a long time.

37
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What do the brothers do for fun while staying at aunt aggies?

A

they go to the field, drink cows milk from the cow, and they make a fire at their old house

38
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Who runs away after being hit by aunt aggie?

A

malachy jr

39
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Who is at the door?

A

Malachy

40
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How does aunt aggie react to malachy?

A

she makes him breakfast and buys him beer because she wants the children out.

41
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What is the character change is Malachy?

A

he is much more helpful and wants to go back to work.

42
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What does Frankie do when his father starts to leave again?

A

he follows him

43
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What comes in the mail a week after Malachy goes back to England?

A

a check from his work

44
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Does malachy send money every week after that?

A

no

45
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What do the boys receive when they accidently send alphie flying into a bar?

A

they get lemonade and sweets

46
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What does Frankie see his mother doing?

A

begging

47
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why does his mother begging upset frankie?

A

he knows that this is the lowest form of economy and realizes how bad the situation really is

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