Angela's Ashes Chapter 15 Flashcards

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1
Q

What does Aunt Aggie do for Frankie?

A

She walks with him to the store to buy him clothes, tea, and a pastry for his birthday

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2
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How does Frankie react to the clothes?

A

he cries

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3
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What will Frankie work toward after being a telegram boy?

A

being a permanent telegram boy and postman because these are respectable jobs.

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4
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How does Frankie have tobring around his first batch of telegrams?

A

he has to go by foot

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5
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What is missing from Mr. Clohessy’s sheep’s head?

A

a tounge

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6
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What does Paddy do for his father?

A

he goes and steals a tongue from the butcher

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7
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WHat is Paddy Clohessy saving for in England?

A

he is saving to move his whole family there

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8
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What is the first paycheck Frankie gets?

A

a pound

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9
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What does mrs clohessy tell frankie to do?

A

mind his mother

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10
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What will Frankie begin saving money for?

A

his journey to america

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11
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Who does Frankie know tips the best?

A

widows and the poor

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12
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Why does Frankie need to be careful around the widows?

A

one tried to have sex with another telegram boy

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13
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What are the telegram boys not allowed to do?

A

help out with anything other than delvering the telegram

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14
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Why does Frankie get mad that he cannot help people?

A

he knows that there are people that need help.

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15
Q

What does Frankie want to do with the poor person and the old man from boer war?

A

move them to the country side so they can enjoy life

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16
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What does Mrs. Spillane say about her situation?

A

her kids have deformations that do not allow her to move to england and they are in lent all year long because of the poverty

17
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Who is the “pile of rags”?

A

Mrs Gertrude Daly

18
Q

What does Frankie do for Mrs. Daly

A

Everything.

19
Q

What does Angela begin to do?

A

move into the abbots house with Frankie and Michael.

20
Q

Why is Angela kicked out of the dispensary?

A

Frankie is making a pound a week

21
Q

What does the whole family dream about?

A

going to america

22
Q

Who is Toby Mackey?

A

a temporary telegram boy that wants to be a reporter

23
Q

What type of telegrams does frankie like to deliver?

A

ones in the couyntry side

24
Q

What does Frankie think about doing in the fields while he watches animals fornicate?

A

he thinks about masturbating, but decides not to for fear of being caught

25
Q

What happens when Frankie brings a telegram to Teresa Carmody?

A

they have sex even though she has the consumption

26
Q

What does Frankie say when he prays for theresa?

A

he says he loves her