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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy's father do for a living?
(a) He is an electrician.
(b) He is a factory worker.
(c) He is a salesman.
(d) He is a shopkeeper.

2. How do the boy's father's parents die?
(a) An accident.
(b) Killed at the shootout at the distillery.
(c) Fever.
(d) Old age.

3. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?
(a) The shootout of 1922.
(b) The rebellion of 1798.
(c) The famine of 1740.
(d) The black death of 1348.

4. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?
(a) Frances.
(b) Brigid.
(c) Katie.
(d) Bernadette.

5. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?

3. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?

4. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Katie?

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