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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the boy's parents meet?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

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?
(a) She lies.
(b) He thinks his mother does not know the truth.
(c) She does not tell him everything.
(d) He doesn't understand the full story.

3. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?
(a) A football match.
(b) The boy's house.
(c) The circus.
(d) The distillery.

4. Which of these statements about the local asylum is true?
(a) It has a reputation for cruel treatment of patients.
(b) It has only male patients.
(c) It went under right after Eddie's disappearance.
(d) It has a positive turnover rate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ena?

2. Where does the boy's father work?

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

4. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

5. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?

(see the answer key)

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