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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?
(a) Their mother's sister.
(b) Their grandfather.
(c) Their father's brother.
(d) Their brother.

2. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?
(a) To a sick relative's house.
(b) To a grave.
(c) To his teacher.
(d) To his father.

3. From where does the title of the novel get its name?
(a) The loneliness of reading alone and the boy's feeling of being alone.
(b) The boy's reading of his first book.
(c) The sadness felt by the boy after being forced to read only at night.
(d) The confusion the boy feels by not understanding what he reads.

4. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?
(a) Katie.
(b) Frances.
(c) Brigid.
(d) Bernadette.

5. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Poor Old Woman.
(b) The Lovely Dark Land.
(c) The Land of Poverty.
(d) The Conflict of Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?

2. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Ena?

4. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?

5. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?

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