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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She is losing her voice.
(b) She keeps losing things.
(c) She sees ghosts out the window.
(d) The orphans keep changing.

3. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Eleven months.
(d) Three months.

4. How do the boy's father's parents die?
(a) Killed at the shootout at the distillery.
(b) Old age.
(c) An accident.
(d) Fever.

5. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) The boy's mother.
(b) Ena and Bernadette.
(c) Brigid.
(d) Katie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of these characters does not know the truth about Eddie's death in Chapter 5?

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

3. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?

4. 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?

5. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?

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