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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy's mother's depression causes her to do what?
(a) Have panic attacks.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Stop talking.
(d) Throw things.

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

3. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Una.
(b) Emily.
(c) Ann.
(d) Sarah.

4. Who is Billy Mahon?
(a) A priest.
(b) A friend of the family.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A neighbor.

5. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The boy and Una, his sister.
(b) The boy and Rory Hannaway.
(c) The boy and his father.
(d) The boy and his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?

2. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

3. Who does the boy find out is responsible for the murder of 1921?

4. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

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

(see the answer key)

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