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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

2. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?
(a) She was always insane.
(b) She always knew McIlhenny was an informer.
(c) She always knew about Eddie's death.
(d) She didn't really like Tony.

3. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Katie McIlhenny.
(b) Aunt Bernadette.
(c) Brigid McLaughlin.
(d) Una.

4. How does the boy describe how he got rid of the infestation in Chapter 3?
(a) He had the dogs eat them.
(b) He hired an exterminator.
(c) He threw burning rags on them.
(d) He flooded the nests.

5. In September 1954, the boy's teacher asks several unanswerable questions in which class?
(a) Language.
(b) Geography.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

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

3. What do Frances and Francis do every day?

4. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?

5. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

(see the answer key)

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