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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rory Hannaway die?
(a) Drowned in the river.
(b) Contracted meningitis.
(c) Beaten to death by thieves.
(d) Killed by a reversing lorry.

2. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?
(a) The book he reads in the dark.
(b) His mother's depression.
(c) What he finds in his sister's wardrobe.
(d) His sympathy for the Protestant police.

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

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

5. Who does the boy find out is responsible for the murder of 1921?
(a) A policeman.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) Brother Regan.
(d) Neil McLaughlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?

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

4. Who is Billy Mahon?

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

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