* How old is Frank when the family move to Ireland?
* What do they eat for there first Christmas in Ireland?
* What is his younger brother's and his dad's name?
* What disease did Frank catch?
* Why is Frank ashamed of his mother?
* Who does Frank move in with after a row with his mother?
* Can you name his twin brothers who died?
* Where does Frank go at the end of the book?
* Where were the McCourt family living at the beginning of the book?
* Why did Angela's family dislike Frank's father?
* What were the names of the twin boys born in the United States?
* 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?
* How did the McCourts get the money to travel back to Ireland?
* Where did the McCourt family spend their first night back in Ireland?
* How many pregnancies did Angela have?
* What does Malachy blame for the sickness and deaths of the twins?
* What was the occupation of Angela's brother Ab Sheehan?
* Angela had to stand in line to beg for assistance at the St Vincent de Paul Society. When they issued a docket for groceries at Christmas, what was the only meat she was able to get for their holiday dinner?
* What was the name of the school Frank attended?
* When a new baby brother arrived, Frank's father told him that the infant had been brought by an angel who left him on the stairs. Frank often sat on the stairs and talked to this angel. Which step was the angel supposed to visit?