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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?
(a) History class.
(b) Math class.
(c) English class.
(d) Geography class.

2. Who teaches the boy's math class?
(a) Gildea.
(b) Regan.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

3. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?
(a) Ena.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) The boy's mother.
(d) Brigid.

4. Who is the real informer?
(a) Tony McIlhenny.
(b) The boy's grandfather.
(c) Crazy Joe.
(d) Larry McLaughlin.

5. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) Grianan.
(b) Donegal.
(c) Buncrana.
(d) The Field of the Disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Meave?

2. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?

3. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

4. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?

5. After the boy's mother develops depression, what does she begin to have visions of?

(see the answer key)

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