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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the distillery after the shootout?
(a) It is rebuilt.
(b) It is shutdown.
(c) It explodes.
(d) It floods.

2. What happens to Billy Mahon?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is pushed off the bridge.
(c) He is framed for murder.
(d) He is robbed.

3. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She sees ghosts out the window.
(b) She keeps losing things.
(c) She is losing her voice.
(d) The orphans keep changing.

4. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) Katie.
(b) Brigid.
(c) The boy's mother.
(d) Ena and Bernadette.

5. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The prohibition of alcohol.
(b) The shutdown of the distillery.
(c) The death of a policeman.
(d) The founding of Northern Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?

2. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?

3. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

4. What is going to be built across the river?

5. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?

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