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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) Grianan.
(b) Donegal.
(c) The Field of the Disappeared.
(d) Buncrana.

2. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She became sick and died.
(c) She became paralyzed.
(d) She was kidnapped.

3. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
(a) In the basement of the distillery.
(b) In the church after service.
(c) In the secret passage of Grianan.
(d) In his sister's bedroom.

4. How does Jimmy die?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Broken neck.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jimmy go to work for several years?

2. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

3. Who teaches the boy about sex?

4. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?

5. What does Crazy Joe say Larry's mysterious woman turns into?

(see the answer key)

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