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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Aunt Bernadette.
(b) Una.
(c) Katie McIlhenny.
(d) Brigid McLaughlin.

2. Why do the boy's father's drinking binges stop between 1920 and 1926?
(a) His father found out about Eddie being an informer in 1926.
(b) His father found out Eddie was innocent in 1926.
(c) His father revealed to his wife who killed Eddie in 1926.
(d) His father found out who killed Eddie in 1926.

3. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?
(a) Six.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

4. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) British oxygen plant.
(b) Catholic church.
(c) Police station.
(d) Private farmhouse.

5. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.
(b) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.
(c) That Eddie was killed.
(d) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 3 opens with the narrator talking about the neighborhood having what kind of infestation problem?

2. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?

3. In June 1948, what does the boy witness?

4. Where does the boy's father work?

5. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?

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