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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1921.

2. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?
(a) Brother Regan.
(b) Billy Mahon.
(c) Rory Hannaway.
(d) Neil McLaughlin.

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

4. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?
(a) The conflict between the police and the IRA.
(b) The death of the boy's sister.
(c) The conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants.
(d) The disappearance of the boy's uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

2. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

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

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

5. How does Rory Hannaway die?

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