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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
(a) In the streets.
(b) In the market.
(c) In the distillery.
(d) In the church.

4. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.
(b) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.
(c) He is hidden in the attic by his father.
(d) He is beaten by the police.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

3. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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