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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?
(a) A murder suspect.
(b) Stolen goods.
(c) A missing child.
(d) A gun.

4. How do the boy's father's parents die?
(a) Killed at the shootout at the distillery.
(b) An accident.
(c) Fever.
(d) Old age.

5. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Billy Mahon?

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

3. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

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

5. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?

(see the answer key)

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