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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?
(a) A table chair.
(b) A throne.
(c) A stool.
(d) A wishing chair.

2. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?
(a) He went to America.
(b) He skipped town with his girlfriend.
(c) He enlisted in the IRA.
(d) He went to Grianan.

3. How long does the boy piece together that his father knew the full story about Eddie being an informant?
(a) Since 1928.
(b) Since 1935.
(c) Since 1922.
(d) Since 1930.

4. When do the boy's parents meet?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1945.

5. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?
(a) Communism.
(b) The plague.
(c) The war.
(d) Enlisting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

2. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?

3. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?

4. For what does Sergeant Burke apologize in 1957?

5. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?

(see the answer key)

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