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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?
(a) One of the boy's uncles.
(b) Grenaghan's grandfather.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A clergyman at the church.

2. What is wrong about the boy taking Irene to the cinema?
(a) The cinema is closed.
(b) He forgets where the cinema is.
(c) He doesn't have any money.
(d) She is Grenaghan's girlfriend.

3. What happens to Billy Mahon?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He is framed for murder.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is pushed off the bridge.

4. To what does Father Nugent compare murder?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Hating your brother.
(c) Disobeying your parents.
(d) Sex without love.

5. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He didn't have a ride home.
(b) He was in trouble.
(c) He was out wandering at night.
(d) He was being bullied.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?

2. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?

3. Why do the boy's father's drinking binges stop between 1920 and 1926?

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

5. What does Katie's sister tell her that upsets her?

(see the answer key)

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