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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?
(a) In the neighbor's house.
(b) Under the stairs.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In the air raid shelters.

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

3. What eventually happens to Danno?
(a) He moves away.
(b) He starts a new family.
(c) He becomes ill and dies.
(d) He returns to the military.

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

5. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Katie.
(c) Ena and Bernadette.
(d) The boy's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Meave?

2. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?

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

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

5. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?

(see the answer key)

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