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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?
(a) To a sick relative's house.
(b) To a grave.
(c) To his father.
(d) To his teacher.

5. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?
(a) What he finds in his sister's wardrobe.
(b) His mother's depression.
(c) The book he reads in the dark.
(d) His sympathy for the Protestant police.

Short Answer Questions

1. In June 1948, what does the boy witness?

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

3. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?

4. What happens to Billy Mahon?

5. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

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