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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) Catholic church.
(b) Police station.
(c) British oxygen plant.
(d) Private farmhouse.

2. Where does the boy's father work?
(a) The police station.
(b) The docks.
(c) The distillery.
(d) The naval base.

3. Who is the real informer?
(a) The boy's grandfather.
(b) Tony McIlhenny.
(c) Larry McLaughlin.
(d) Crazy Joe.

4. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The evidence was tampered with.
(b) There wasn't enough evidence.
(c) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(d) The murder suspect disappeared.

5. Who is Danno Bredin?
(a) Young man in the navy.
(b) Claire's father.
(c) The boy's friend.
(d) Jimmy's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Katie have over her sister?

2. When Katie goes to England to attend her daughter's wedding, why does the rest of her family refuse to attend?

3. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?

4. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?

5. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

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