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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Katie?
(a) The boy's mother's sister.
(b) The boy's sister.
(c) The boy's grandmother.
(d) The boy's father's aunt.

2. Where does the boy's father work?
(a) The naval base.
(b) The docks.
(c) The police station.
(d) The distillery.

3. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A family friend.
(c) A German sailor.
(d) A local policeman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?

4. How does Rory Hannaway die?

5. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?

(see the answer key)

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