Angela's Ashes PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Ch. 1- to what genre does this story belong? - Memoir Ch.1- why did Frank believe that the misery of his own childhood was worse than the other miserable childhoods? - Because of poverty, alcoholic dad, defeated mom, bullying schoolmasters, pompous priest (sister Margaret is dead) Ch.1- explain the power River Shannon held over the Limerick inhabitants and the humorous role it indirectly played with the church. - Created cacophony of hacking coughs, bronchial rattles, asthmatic wheezes, lungs into bacterial sponges, provoked cores Humorous role of church: the river drove people into the church-being only dry place, was their strength, refuge Ch.1- Why did Malachy emigrate from Ireland to the United States? - Malachy emigrated from Ireland to the US because it was the "Price of have being dropped on his head"