Angela's Ashes chapters 1-2, Questions Chapter 1

1) How is Frank’s father, Malachy McCourt characterized in his life before children?

2) Describe Angela Sheehan, Frank’s mother before her children were born.

3) What difficulties did Frank experience early in his childhood?

4) Who is Margaret and what happens to her?

5) Why do the McCourts end up back in Ireland?

Chapter 2

1) How does Malachy’s family welcome the McCourts?

2) How does Angela’s family welcome the McCourts?

3) Name some of the many tragedies the McCourts endure in this chapter.

Which phrase in this excerpt from james joyce's "araby is a participial phrase? north richmond street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the christian brothers' school set the boys free. an uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. the other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces the former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room. air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers. among these i found a few paper-covered books, the pages of which were curled and damp: the abbot, by walter scott, the devout communicant and the memoirs of vidocq. i liked yellow. the wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes under one of which i found the late tenant's rusty bicycle-pump. he had been a very charitable priest, in his will he had left all his money to institutions and the furniture of his house to his sister.

What does the word subordinate mean in this sentence? the office manager spoke to her subordinate in a cordial tone.

Write an explanation for how to perform some kind of physical activity, such as riding a bike or playing a sport. the explanation should be geared toward someone who has never performed the activity. be sure to explain the steps in the process clearly, organize your ideas appropriately, use text features