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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?
(a) September 14.
(b) November 21.
(c) August 11.
(d) May 7.

2. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?
(a) Francis.
(b) Katie.
(c) Brigid.
(d) The boy narrator.

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

4. From where does the title of the novel get its name?
(a) The loneliness of reading alone and the boy's feeling of being alone.
(b) The sadness felt by the boy after being forced to read only at night.
(c) The boy's reading of his first book.
(d) The confusion the boy feels by not understanding what he reads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the local belief his father told the boy, who gathers at the Field of the Disappeared at Christmas and other festivals?

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

3. Why do the boy's father's drinking binges stop between 1920 and 1926?

4. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?

5. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?

(see the answer key)

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