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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the real informer?
(a) Crazy Joe.
(b) The boy's grandfather.
(c) Tony McIlhenny.
(d) Larry McLaughlin.

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

3. According to the boy's father, how long has the boy's mother known about Eddie?
(a) Since just after she married the boy's father.
(b) Since a few years ago.
(c) Since just after the boy was born.
(d) Since just before she married the boy's father.

4. 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 conflict between the police and the IRA.
(d) The disappearance of the boy's uncle.

5. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
(a) In the streets.
(b) In the market.
(c) In the distillery.
(d) In the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the boy's father hit him in Chapter 3?

2. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?

3. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

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

5. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?

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