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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The souls of those who had disappeared.
(b) The ghosts of unborn children.
(c) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(d) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.

2. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?
(a) A flower.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A gun.
(d) Money.

3. What happens to the boy after he takes the girl to the cinema?
(a) He gets hit after being set up by the girl.
(b) He asks her to be his girlfriend.
(c) He gives her flowers.
(d) His parents see him kiss her goodnight.

4. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?
(a) Badmouthing the teacher.
(b) Cheating on the test.
(c) Not doing his homework.
(d) Skipping the retreat.

5. What is Claire's last expression?
(a) Terror.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches the boy about sex?

2. In what year does the novel begin?

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

4. What does the boy's mother tell him to put in the fire?

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

(see the answer key)

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