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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?
(a) She skips wherever she goes.
(b) She sings the children's song once a year.
(c) She never leaves her house.
(d) She pretends the children have never left.

2. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?
(a) They both cannot see.
(b) They have both lost their jobs.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They have lost their ability to speak.

3. Which section of the library does Crazy Joe frequent?
(a) The adult section.
(b) The history section.
(c) The art section.
(d) The literature section.

4. In September 1954, the boy's teacher asks several unanswerable questions in which class?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Geography.
(d) Language.

5. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Aunt Bernadette.
(b) Katie McIlhenny.
(c) Una.
(d) Brigid McLaughlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does the boy write the final copy?

2. How old was the boy's father when he was left in charge of the family?

3. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?

4. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

5. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?

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