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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?
(a) The shootout of 1922.
(b) The black death of 1348.
(c) The rebellion of 1798.
(d) The famine of 1740.

2. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?
(a) One of her children dies.
(b) She loses her job.
(c) Her husband leaves.
(d) The boy becomes sick.

3. What does the boy's grandfather reveal about Eddie in Chapter 3?
(a) Eddie died in a warehouse fire.
(b) Eddie was set up.
(c) Eddie left for America.
(d) Eddie was an informer.

4. Why is the boys' mother upset when they return from their boat ride across the river?
(a) She knows her husband told the boys about Eddie.
(b) She didn't want the boys on the river.
(c) She didn't have enough time to prepare dinner.
(d) She didn't expect them to return so soon.

5. What happens to Billy Mahon?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He is pushed off the bridge.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is framed for murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Frances and Francis do every day?

2. How does the boy describe how he got rid of the infestation in Chapter 3?

3. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?

4. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the author ever reveal the narrator's first name?

2. How are superstitions introduced in Chapter 1?

3. What causes the rat infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?

4. Why is the boy narrator fond of Aunt Katie?

5. When the boy's father takes him and his brother Liam out on the boat, what does his father reveal to them and why does it make the boy feel uncomfortable?

6. Describe Crazy Joe.

7. Why is Una's death seen as an outlet for the boy's mother?

8. Why does the boy throw a rock at Sergeant Burke's police car?

9. Why is the boy uncomfortable with the sympathy he feels for the police after Rory Hannaway's death?

10. How does the boy get rid of the rat problem?

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