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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 realize about his mother after the onset of her depression?
(a) She had been in love with someone other than his father.
(b) He doesn't trust his mother.
(c) She was involved in Eddie's death.
(d) She is faking her depression.

2. When Danno returns home, what does he find?
(a) His house has burned down.
(b) Nobody remembers who he is.
(c) His wife living with another man.
(d) His family is gone.

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

4. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Land of Poverty.
(b) The Lovely Dark Land.
(c) The Conflict of Past.
(d) The Poor Old Woman.

5. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She is losing her voice.
(b) She sees ghosts out the window.
(c) The orphans keep changing.
(d) She keeps losing things.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?

3. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?

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

5. What does the boy's grandfather reveal about Eddie in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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