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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the distillery after the shootout?
(a) It is rebuilt.
(b) It is shutdown.
(c) It floods.
(d) It explodes.

2. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?
(a) Poland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) America.
(d) England.

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

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

5. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the boy's father do for a living?

3. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?

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

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

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