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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is hidden in the attic by his father.
(b) He is beaten by the police.
(c) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.
(d) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.

2. 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 teacher.
(d) To his father.

3. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?
(a) The boy's uncles and the IRA.
(b) The IRA and the boy's family.
(c) The IRA and the police.
(d) The police and the boy's family.

4. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Emily.
(b) Una.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ann.

5. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?
(a) A murder suspect.
(b) Stolen goods.
(c) A missing child.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

2. Who is Meave?

3. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?

4. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?

5. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?

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