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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?
(a) Rain is pouring in from the open window.
(b) The window is broken and glass shards cover the floor.
(c) Someone outside will see him.
(d) She senses a ghost nearby.

3. What happens to Billy Mahon?
(a) He is pushed off the bridge.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is robbed.
(d) He is framed for murder.

4. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?
(a) The IRA and the boy's family.
(b) The police and the boy's family.
(c) The boy's uncles and the IRA.
(d) The IRA and the police.

5. Who is Billy Mahon?
(a) A friend of the family.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?

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

3. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

4. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

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

(see the answer key)

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