Reading in the Dark | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

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

2. In what year does the novel begin?

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. In June 1948, what does the boy witness?

5. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?

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

7. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

8. How does Rory Hannaway die?

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

10. What happens to Billy Mahon?