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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He was in trouble.
(b) He didn't have a ride home.
(c) He was out wandering at night.
(d) He was being bullied.

2. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?
(a) The book he reads in the dark.
(b) What he finds in his sister's wardrobe.
(c) His sympathy for the Protestant police.
(d) His mother's depression.

3. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) The boy's mother.
(b) Brigid.
(c) Katie.
(d) Ena and Bernadette.

4. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?
(a) They said he should have just taken the punches.
(b) They said he should have run away.
(c) They said he should have talked the bully out of fighting.
(d) They said he should have stood up for himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the distillery after the shootout?

2. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?

3. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?

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

5. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?

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