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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?
(a) To hide in his room.
(b) To talk to his father.
(c) To run away.
(d) To talk to his mother.

2. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A family friend.
(c) A local policeman.
(d) A German sailor.

3. What is wrong about the boy taking Irene to the cinema?
(a) He forgets where the cinema is.
(b) The cinema is closed.
(c) She is Grenaghan's girlfriend.
(d) He doesn't have any money.

4. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?
(a) The boy narrator.
(b) Brigid.
(c) Francis.
(d) Katie.

5. Chapter 3 opens with the narrator talking about the neighborhood having what kind of infestation problem?
(a) Rats.
(b) Roaches.
(c) Bees.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Billy Mahon?

2. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?

3. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?

4. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?

5. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?

(see the answer key)

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