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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?
(a) The singing.
(b) The gathering.
(c) The bonfires.
(d) The dancing.

2. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
(a) In the church after service.
(b) In his sister's bedroom.
(c) In the basement of the distillery.
(d) In the secret passage of Grianan.

3. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.
(b) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.
(c) That Eddie was killed.
(d) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.

4. The boy's mother's depression causes her to do what?
(a) Sleepwalk.
(b) Have panic attacks.
(c) Throw things.
(d) Stop talking.

5. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Katie.
(c) The boy narrator.
(d) Francis.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Sergeant Burke apologize in 1957?

2. Who is Ena?

3. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?

4. In what ways are the boys in the math class punished if they do not answer the questions correctly?

5. In what year does the novel begin?

(see the answer key)

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