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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?
(a) The boy, his brother Liam, and their father.
(b) Brother Regan, the boy, and his father.
(c) Rory Hannaway, Neil McLaughlin, and the boy's uncle.
(d) The boy, his father, and Rory Hannaway.

2. In June 1948, what does the boy witness?
(a) His mother attempt suicide.
(b) The house burn down.
(c) His father leave town.
(d) The death of a young boy.

3. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?
(a) The boy becomes sick.
(b) One of her children dies.
(c) She loses her job.
(d) Her husband leaves.

4. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Land of Poverty.
(b) The Lovely Dark Land.
(c) The Poor Old Woman.
(d) The Conflict of Past.

5. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?
(a) A murder suspect.
(b) Stolen goods.
(c) A gun.
(d) A missing child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?

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

3. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?

4. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

5. How does Rory Hannaway die?

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