Story: first confession
1. the grandmother often gives nora a
a. beating
b. bullseye
c. penny
d. kiss
2. during family conflicts, mother is sympathetic to
a. nora
b. gran
c. dadda
d. jackie
3. the narrator pretends he has a
a. toothache
b. half-crown
c. grandfather
d. breadknife

The answers are as follows:
1.C
The grandmother always give Nora a penny every Friday. This is because Nora had a good relationship withe her, unlike Jackie who does not have a good relationship with grandma. The grandmother does not give her money to Jackie.
2. D.
During a conflict in their home, the mother was sympathetic to Jackie while the father barely talk to him. The conflict occurred because Jackie refused to eat the food cooked by the grandmother and his daddy disciplined him for that when Nora told on him.
3. A.
The narrator pretended that he had toothache in order to escape going into confession with his classmates. Although he managed not to go with his classmates he still ended up going to the confession later to confess his sins. He was later to find out that his sins were not as bad as he had earlier thought.