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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The boy and Una, his sister.
(b) The boy and his mother.
(c) The boy and Rory Hannaway.
(d) The boy and his father.

2. Who is Meave?
(a) The boy's sister.
(b) The boy's niece.
(c) Eddie's daughter.
(d) Katie's daughter.

3. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?
(a) They have lost their ability to speak.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They have both lost their jobs.
(d) They both cannot see.

4. What happens to the boy's mother after she stops taking the medicine?
(a) She becomes healthier.
(b) She loses her memory.
(c) She becomes suicidal.
(d) Her state of mind improves.

5. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?
(a) She skips wherever she goes.
(b) She never leaves her house.
(c) She pretends the children have never left.
(d) She sings the children's song once a year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do the boy's parents marry?

3. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?

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

5. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?

(see the answer key)

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