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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She is losing her voice.
(b) The orphans keep changing.
(c) She sees ghosts out the window.
(d) She keeps losing things.

2. According to the boy's father, how long has the boy's mother known about Eddie?
(a) Since just after she married the boy's father.
(b) Since just before she married the boy's father.
(c) Since a few years ago.
(d) Since just after the boy was born.

3. What happens to the boy after he takes the girl to the cinema?
(a) He gets hit after being set up by the girl.
(b) He asks her to be his girlfriend.
(c) His parents see him kiss her goodnight.
(d) He gives her flowers.

4. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?
(a) What happened to Tony.
(b) Who killed Eddie.
(c) Where Eddie was killed.
(d) Who the real informer was.

5. Where is Eddie interrogated?
(a) In the shed.
(b) At the Donegal farmhouse.
(c) Behind the house.
(d) At the distillery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the real informer?

2. Who teaches the boy's math class?

3. What does the boy's mother say out-of-the-blue while he is washing dishes with his father?

4. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

5. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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