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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the boys' mother upset when they return from their boat ride across the river?
(a) She knows her husband told the boys about Eddie.
(b) She didn't expect them to return so soon.
(c) She didn't have enough time to prepare dinner.
(d) She didn't want the boys on the river.

2. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The boy and Una, his sister.
(b) The boy and his father.
(c) The boy and his mother.
(d) The boy and Rory Hannaway.

3. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?
(a) What happened to Tony.
(b) Who killed Eddie.
(c) Where Eddie was killed.
(d) Who the real informer was.

4. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Rory.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Robert.
(d) Simon.

5. What causes the boy to have nightmares?
(a) The death of his sister.
(b) His mother's unsuccessful suicide attempts caused by her depression.
(c) Stories of the murder trial of 1922.
(d) His treatment by the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

2. Who teaches the boy's math class?

3. From where does the title of the novel get its name?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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