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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Billy Mahon?
(a) A priest.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A friend of the family.

2. What do Frances and Francis do every day?
(a) Put flowers on their parents' graves.
(b) Play in the Field of the Disappeared.
(c) Put on costumes.
(d) Sing songs.

3. The man with the baby sock said he would stop traveling on the bus after what happens?
(a) After he runs out of bus money.
(b) After he finds the other sock.
(c) After he reaches his destination.
(d) After he finds the owner of the sock.

4. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?
(a) They said he should have run away.
(b) They said he should have just taken the punches.
(c) They said he should have talked the bully out of fighting.
(d) They said he should have stood up for himself.

5. What is the moral of the story about the man with the baby sock?
(a) People in small places make big mistakes.
(b) People won't find anything if they keep their eyes closed for too long.
(c) People will only find what they're looking for if they stop searching.
(d) People can't move on if they don't let go.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?

2. Where does the boy go to university?

3. What advice does Crazy Joe give the boy in Chapter 6?

4. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?

5. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?

(see the answer key)

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