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Francis McCourt (1930-2009) won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his childhood.
4 Frank McCourt quizzes and 50 Frank McCourt trivia questions.
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  Questions on "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt   popular trivia quiz  
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 20 Qns
An immensely readable memoir, Frank McCourt describes his childhood years growing up desperately poor in America and Ireland. Come and test your knowledge - I hope you enjoy the quiz.
Average, 20 Qns, skippymac, May 12 21
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  Angela's Ashes   great trivia quiz  
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This is a wonderful book about a young boy's survival in the cruel, damp world of Limerick in the 1930s,written by Frank McCourt.
Tough, 10 Qns, davythekid, Mar 19 21
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  "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt: 10 Questions    
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Winner of the Pulitzer prize, this memoir's drama is so incredible, it challenges even the most inventive fiction authors.
Average, 10 Qns, itsfun4u2c, May 05 18
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  Angela's Ashes - The Book    
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This is a quiz on one of my fave books: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, SLAY3R, Dec 03 09
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What was the name of the school Frank attended?

From Quiz ""Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt"




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Frank McCourt Trivia Questions
1. Where does "Angela's Ashes" begin?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: New York

The book begins with McCourt outlining how his parents 'should have stayed in New York where they met and married and where I was born.'

2. The story begins in which city?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: New York

During this time, baseball's Dodgers still played ball in Brooklyn.

3. Where were the McCourt family living at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

Answer: Brooklyn

The story begins with a bit of background information on his parents, and Frank's earliest memories as a small child living in a Brooklyn slum. While their circumstances were poor, they would become even worse after their return to Ireland.

4. How old is Frank when the family move to Ireland?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: four going on five

5. What was the name of the second-oldest brother, who was one year younger than Frank?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

Answer: Malachy

Malachy McCourt grew up to be a successful nightclub owner, and has also written a number of books describing his early years.

6. What do they eat for there first Christmas in Ireland?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: pig's head

7. Who pays for the McCourt's trip to Ireland?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: Grandma

Grandma (albeit unwillingly) fronts up the cash for Malachy, Angela, Frank, Malach, Oliver and Eugene to go back to Ireland after Margaret has died.

8. Why does Frank slap his mother?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: He was drinking and also ashamed of his mother for sleeping with her cousin.

It was also Frank's responsibility to dump Laman Griffen's pot of human waste whenever needed.

9. When Frank is seven, what does his mother make him do?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: Take dance lessons

Frank is made to take lessons in Irish dancing.

10. Which disease did Frank have, almost killing him and causing him to miss his Confirmation?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: Typhoid

While at the hospital, Frank meets Patricia. Before she dies, she interests Frank in literature, beginning with a poem about a highwayman.

11. What were the names of the twin boys born in the United States?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

Answer: Oliver and Eugene

Unfortunately, both little boys became ill and died before their 3rd birthdays, within a year of their arriving in Ireland. Frank McCourt attributes their deaths to sheer "ignorance", and their deaths are among the saddest moments in the book (although there are many).

12. What is his younger brother's and his dad's name?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: Malachy

13. After missing time because of his illness, Frank must stay in the fifth class. What event allows him to skip ahead to the sixth class?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: He writes about Jesus.

It's a degrading description of Christ.

14. What disease did Frank catch?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: typhoid

15. How many times does Malachy Snr. send money from his job in England?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: Once

Malachy makes many promises, but never comes through. Later in the book, Frank remarks that '[his] father lied to [him] for years'

16. Which illness does Frank's mother get, causing her to request lemonade over and over?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: Pneumonia

The kids steal, to keep fed.

17. Why is Frank ashamed of his mother?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: she was begging

18. In the city of Limerick itself, what is regarded as the cause for the 'consumption' that kills many?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: River Shannon

It is called 'the Shannon that kills' by Malachy Snr.

19. What type of writing does Frank do for extra money?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: Threatening letters for Mrs. Finucane.

He receives threepence for each letter and threepence more if the letter results in received payment.

20. When Malachy would come home drunk in the middle of the night, he would wake the boys and make them get out of bed. What would he make them promise?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

Answer: To die for Ireland

Strange priorities!

21. When Frank's mother takes him to see the priest about becoming a telegram boy, how old is he?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: thirteen & Thirteen

22. Towards the end of "Angela's Ashes", who does Frank end up living with?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: Ab Sheehan

After Laman Griffin beats him, then sleeps with his mother, Frank decides he must leave. He goes to live with his uncle at his now-deceased Grandma's house.

23. Which girl does Frank have "excitement" with first?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: Theresa Carmody

Frank lives with guilt and feels doomed until he finally confesses at church some time later.

24. Who does Frank move in with after a row with his mother?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: The Abbot

25. What job does Frank hold down until he eventually leaves for America?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: Counting papers at Eastons Ltd.

Frank holds down this job for over three years before he leaves for America.

26. How does Frank receive the final amount of money needed for fare to America?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt

Answer: His employer dies and he raids her purse.

He also takes forty pounds from a trunk and the ledger which listed all who owed Mrs. Finucane. He compared his thievery to that of Robin Hood's.

27. How did the McCourts get the money to travel back to Ireland?

From Quiz "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

Answer: From Angela's mother

After Angela's cousins, the MacNamara sisters, were contacted by the neighbours in Brooklyn and told of the desperate situation the McCourts are in, they wrote to Angela's mother, who sent them the money to return to Ireland. Not that this improved their circumstances in any way whatsoever.

28. Can you name his twin brothers who died?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes - The Book

Answer: Eugene and Oliver

29. Where is the party that Frank goes to after leaving Ireland in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes"?

From Quiz Angela's Ashes

Answer: Poughkeepsie

Frank's first night back in America is an interesting one. He attends a party with a priest, and has sex with a married woman from Poughkeepsie. When someone remarks that 'Isn't this a great country all together?' Frank answers in a typically Irish way, saying 'tis'

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