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Why does Angela continue to have children?

Why doesn't their family do more to help them?

How can Angela totally neglect her children and leave 4 year old Franky to take care of 3 other children when he can't even care for himself?

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Why does Frankie go with his dad to get the dole?

How did no one notice Eugene's pneumonia?

Why does Malachy think it's wrong to pick up coal but it's ok to get a dock from the church?

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Which one of the twins is older?

Why does Frankie believe that certain songs and stories belong to certain people and are unable to be shared?

Why don't Malachy and Angela love their boys the same way they loved Margaret?

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Why did aunt Angie resent Angela?

How did the family obtain the coffin for Eugene?

Why was it such a big deal that Angela took the dole money from Malachy?

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Why is their family not excited to see them when they come?

Why don't the parents take more caution about the health of their children after so many have died?

Why do a lot of people look down on the children for being American?

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Why does Angela do nothing about her husband and his drinking?

Why does Frankie have so much responsibility?

Why does the family move to Ireland?

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Why is the grandpa the only one who seems remotely happy to see the family?

Couldn't the family stay with the grandparents until they got on their feet?

Why is the family plagued with so much misfortune?

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Why was the family not excited to them?

Why did they think Ireland was such a great place to live?

How did Oliver and Eugene catch the sicknesses?

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Why did Angela have so many children when she knew they were poor? Also, why did she have another child after the death of her little girl? Why do people in Ireland treat Americans so harshly? How did Eugene and Oliver die?

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Why is the family in Limerick? I know that the father's family is originally from there, but wasn't the original plan to go to Dublin to find jobs?

Is there a type of disease that runs in the McCourt family? Are the three children's death just a result of bad living conditions (leading to disease)?

Why do some of the school boys and schoolmasters look down on Frankie and Malachy for being born in America? I know that most Irish disliked the English at the time, but is there something in history that would cause them to hate Americans as well?

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Why do people in Limerick call them Yanks and treat them differently?

Does Oliver die from the same sickness as Eugene?

Does Angela continue getting money from the St. Vincent de Paul?

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What is a jackdaw?

What does Eugene die from?

What does Dr. Troy give to Mam and why?

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Why does Uncle Pat act the way he does?

How are people from different backgrounds treated in Limerick compared to how they are treated in New York?

What advise does Pa Keating give to Malachy to get rid of the fleas?

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Jake M / Angela's Ashes - Questions for Chapter 2

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Jake M / Angela's Ashes - Questions for Chapter 2

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How can Angela allow her husband to continue to spend all their money?

How did Malachy "do his bit" that it ended with such a high price on his head?

How much control does Malachy have over his "Irish problem"?

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How does Frank's paternal Grandmother act when the family shows up?

Why does the man at the IRA turn Frank and his father away?

What does Malachy see in the field as the family visits Mr. McCourt's family?

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Why does Aunt Aggie despise Angela so much?

Whenever Malachy comes home drunk, what does he say the boys must do?

What does Frankie steal from the Italian man?