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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does the boy's mother find out the truth about Eddie?
(a) Right before her father dies.
(b) She never learns the truth of Eddie's death.
(c) After Tony disappears.
(d) After she marries the boy's father.

3. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) A nearby dumping ground.
(c) The swamps.
(d) An abandoned warehouse.

4. Where is Eddie interrogated?
(a) In the shed.
(b) At the distillery.
(c) At the Donegal farmhouse.
(d) Behind the house.

5. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinct about Larry McLaughlin's character?

2. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?

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

4. Upon what does the Anglican army chaplain say communism is based?

5. How do the boy's father's parents die?

(see the answer key)

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