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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 Katie?
(a) The boy's father's aunt.
(b) The boy's sister.
(c) The boy's mother's sister.
(d) The boy's grandmother.

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

3. When Sergeant Burke comes to talk to the boy's mother, what does he reveal as his reason for beating her husband?
(a) To keep Frank out of jail.
(b) He thought Frank was guilty at the time.
(c) He had evidence that Frank was involved in Eddie's death.
(d) Self-defense.

4. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that someone will be punished for it.
(b) So that he can sleep at night.
(c) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(d) So that the boy's mother is happy again.

5. What is distinct about Larry McLaughlin's character?
(a) He wanders.
(b) He is missing.
(c) He does not talk.
(d) He tells stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boy's father work?

2. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?

3. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?

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

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

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