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

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

2. What version of the boy's story does he burn?
(a) The Irish version.
(b) The English version.
(c) The miscopied version.
(d) The final version.

3. What happens to the boy's mother after she stops taking the medicine?
(a) She loses her memory.
(b) Her state of mind improves.
(c) She becomes suicidal.
(d) She becomes healthier.

4. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(b) So that he can sleep at night.
(c) So that someone will be punished for it.
(d) So that the boy's mother is happy again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Sergeant Burke apologize in 1957?

2. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?

3. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?

4. When the boy and his brother, Liam, are taken across the river by their father, what does his father's explanation about Eddie reveal to the boy?

5. Who is Meave?

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