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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

2. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?
(a) Rain is pouring in from the open window.
(b) The window is broken and glass shards cover the floor.
(c) She senses a ghost nearby.
(d) Someone outside will see him.

3. Who is Meave?
(a) The boy's sister.
(b) Eddie's daughter.
(c) Katie's daughter.
(d) The boy's niece.

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

5. How does Rory Hannaway die?
(a) Killed by a reversing lorry.
(b) Contracted meningitis.
(c) Beaten to death by thieves.
(d) Drowned in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?

2. In what year does the novel begin?

3. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?

4. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?

5. What happens to Billy Mahon?

(see the answer key)

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