Angela's Ashes Chapter 9

Question 1

What does Angela say about children?

Answer 1

she says Alphie is her last one

Question 2

What does Malachy think about that?

Answer 2

he does not agree with it and is thinking about going to England to work in a factory and possibly getting with and England woman.

Question 3

What kind of money is coming from fathers in England?

Answer 3

failry good money that allows children and mothers to get their haircut, eat, and go to the theater.

Question 4

How do the Irish feel about World War II and the Nazi advance?

Answer 4

they want the Nazis to keep advancing because of what England has done for them

Question 5

What does Malachy say about going to England?

Answer 5

he will not go and help England

Question 6

What does Angela say about going to England?

Answer 6

she wants malachy to go for the sake of their family and says she would go herself.

Question 7

Does malachy decide to go to england?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

where does malachy get assigned to go?

Answer 8

to the most bombed city in England where he can work overtime until he drops.

Question 9

Who is the egg for that the family gets from the store?

Answer 9

malachy

Question 10

is Angela upset that Malachy is going away?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

What does angela say they will be able to do when the first check comes in the mail>

Answer 11

they will be able to buy a big breakfast and get an egg each

Question 12

what does frankie plan to do with that egg?

Answer 12

he plans to eat it with butter, salt, bread, and tea.

Question 13

What were english agents paying sober irish men to do?

Answer 13

grab the drunk men from the pub and put them in the train

Question 14

Was the whole family upset when Malachy leaves?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

What can angela not wait to do with the money?

Answer 15

pay for a better place to live.

Question 16

Why will the first paycheck be small?

Answer 16

Malachy needs to find a place to stay and fund clothes.

Question 17

What did the boys want from Malachy on the first telegram?

Answer 17

the RAF badges.

Question 18

Who gets telegrams early?

Answer 18

those with husbands that send out the money as soon as they get it

Question 19

What happens with the first telegram?

Answer 19

it never comes

Question 20

how does the paperboy relate to the McCourts?

Answer 20

he knows how it feels to not get a telegram because his father is also a drunk and never sent a penny

Question 21

What appears on Frankie’s head?

Answer 21

a soar

Question 22

what happened when the soar spread?

Answer 22

it spread to his eyes, so he had to use his fingers to open his eyes in the morning.

Question 23

What does grandma not like about malachy jr, frankie, or michael?

Answer 23

they read to much

Question 24

What does grandma tell Angela to do about the reading?

Answer 24

she says to spit in their eyes before they wake up

Question 25

Who are mr coffey and mr kane?

Answer 25

they are people who work in the clinic and like to mess with the women that go there

Question 26

Is angela able to bring Frankie to see a doctor?

Answer 26

yes

Question 27

what does the old lady say the cure is for Frankie’s eyes?

Answer 27

to get a caul and wear it on the days with a 3, hold breath for 3 minutes, sprinkle holy water three times.

Question 28

Where does the doctor send Frankie?

Answer 28

to the hospital

Question 29

What does the hospital give frankie?

Answer 29

eye drops

Question 30

what happens to frankie’s eyes?

Answer 30

they turn brown

Question 31

What does Seamus do in the hospital for Frankie?

Answer 31

he recites the highwayman poem

Question 32

What does mr timoney say about life?

Answer 32

he says that life is bad but god is good

Question 33

What does the doctor say will cure his eyes?

Answer 33

rest and good nutrition

Question 34

What is malachy doing in england?

Answer 34

wasting away all of his wages on drinking and wasting away and will possibly be kicked out of England

Question 35

What does angela contemplate doing with the boys?

Answer 35

she wants to put them in an orphanage and go find work

Question 36

Where is angela taking the boys and what is she telling them to do?

Answer 36

she is taking them to the dispensary and is telling them to look as bad as possible

Question 37

What does mr coffey and kane do when they are at the dispensary?

Answer 37

they pretend like there is noone waiting to see them in the cold

Question 38

What did Mr. Kane do to Angela?

Answer 38

treated her horribly and made her feel terrible