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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Gault house in Ireland?
(a) Castlebar.
(b) Ballina.
(c) Lahardane.
(d) Crossmolina.

2. What does Henry notice at Paddy Lindon's house?
(a) The sunken roof.
(b) An old dog.
(c) A gap in the stone wall.
(d) An old coat.

3. What is the wire that gets sent to England?
(a) 'Lucy is alive but in poor health.'
(b) 'Lucy not dead stop.'
(c) 'Lucy found alive in the woods.'
(d) 'Come back immediately re: Lucy.'

4. What did Aloysius Sullivan's mother say you could find in a child?
(a) Strength of the highest order.
(b) Innocence when there seems to be none.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Hope.

5. How does Aloysius Sullivan's neuralgic affliction manifest itself?
(a) A pain in his shoulders.
(b) A pain in his calves.
(c) A pain in his lower lumbar.
(d) A pain behind his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of cigarette does Henry smoke?

2. How many children are in Lucy's class?

3. What does Lucy hope will return when she walks on the strand?

4. What does Heloise long for?

5. Where does Captain Gault shoot the boy?

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