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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The shutdown of the distillery.
(b) The founding of Northern Ireland.
(c) The death of a policeman.
(d) The prohibition of alcohol.

4. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?
(a) Light.
(b) Food.
(c) A pillow.
(d) Clothes.

5. According to the local belief his father told the boy, who gathers at the Field of the Disappeared at Christmas and other festivals?
(a) The souls of children who died at a young age.
(b) The souls of those who were murdered.
(c) The souls of those who have not had a Christian burial.
(d) The souls of orphans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?

2. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

3. What happens that lets the boy know his father isn't upset anymore about the rose bushes?

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

5. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?

(see the answer key)

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