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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?
(a) In the neighbor's house.
(b) In the air raid shelters.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) Under the stairs.

2. In what ways are the boys in the math class punished if they do not answer the questions correctly?
(a) Cleaning or caning.
(b) Extra homework or caning.
(c) Time out or extra homework.
(d) Extra homework or cleaning.

3. What does Crazy Joe reveal to the boy?
(a) He knows why Larry has stopped talking.
(b) He knows who tipped off McIlhenny.
(c) He saw Eddie die.
(d) He saw McIlhenny get out of the Sergeant's car in July 1926.

4. When the boy and his brother, Liam, are taken across the river by their father, what does his father's explanation about Eddie reveal to the boy?
(a) Liam knows more about Eddie's disappearance than does the boy.
(b) The boy knows more than his father knows.
(c) His father knows nothing of Eddie's disappearance.
(d) His father knows more about Eddie's disappearance than does anyone else.

5. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She was kidnapped.
(c) She became sick and died.
(d) She became paralyzed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?

2. Where does Jimmy go to work for several years?

3. Who is Katie?

4. When do Eddie's parents die?

5. From where does the title of the novel get its name?

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