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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(b) The evidence was tampered with.
(c) There wasn't enough evidence.
(d) The murder suspect disappeared.

2. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Poor Old Woman.
(b) The Conflict of Past.
(c) The Lovely Dark Land.
(d) The Land of Poverty.

3. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1921.

4. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?
(a) The History of Ireland.
(b) The Poor Old Woman.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Paradise Lost.

5. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?
(a) The boy, his brother Liam, and their father.
(b) Rory Hannaway, Neil McLaughlin, and the boy's uncle.
(c) The boy, his father, and Rory Hannaway.
(d) Brother Regan, the boy, and his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

2. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?

3. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

4. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?

5. From where does the title of the novel get its name?

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