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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Charlie McCabe?
(a) A Catholic priest.
(b) An informer.
(c) A local post office inspector.
(d) A local Protestant police officer.

2. Who is Danno Bredin?
(a) Claire's father.
(b) The boy's friend.
(c) Jimmy's brother.
(d) Young man in the navy.

3. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?
(a) In the air raid shelters.
(b) Under the stairs.
(c) In the neighbor's house.
(d) In the bathtub.

4. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) British oxygen plant.
(b) Catholic church.
(c) Police station.
(d) Private farmhouse.

5. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He didn't have a ride home.
(b) He was in trouble.
(c) He was being bullied.
(d) He was out wandering at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?

2. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?

3. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

4. What is wrong about the boy taking Irene to the cinema?

5. When Danno returns home, what does he find?

(see the answer key)

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