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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?
(a) Their reflections in the mirror disappear.
(b) They both change genders.
(c) Their voices switch.
(d) Their hair changes color.

2. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?
(a) The bonfires.
(b) The singing.
(c) The dancing.
(d) The gathering.

3. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.
(b) He is hidden in the attic by his father.
(c) He is beaten by the police.
(d) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.

4. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?
(a) She loses her job.
(b) The boy becomes sick.
(c) Her husband leaves.
(d) One of her children dies.

5. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The evidence was tampered with.
(b) The murder suspect disappeared.
(c) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(d) There wasn't enough evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?

2. How do the boy's father's parents die?

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

4. In what year does the novel begin?

5. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?

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