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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 those who were murdered.
(b) The souls of children who died at a young age.
(c) The souls of orphans.
(d) The souls of those who have not had a Christian burial.

2. What does Jimmy do before he is found dead?
(a) He kills Claire.
(b) He visits the doctor.
(c) He hides the gun.
(d) He curses at the window of the room where Danno had lived.

3. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) British oxygen plant.
(b) Catholic church.
(c) Police station.
(d) Private farmhouse.

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

5. Who was Jimmy in love with?
(a) Katie.
(b) Irene.
(c) Ann.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

2. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

3. How does Rory Hannaway die?

4. According to the boy's father, how long has the boy's mother known about Eddie?

5. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?

(see the answer key)

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