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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the boy's mother find out the truth about Eddie?
(a) After Tony disappears.
(b) After she marries the boy's father.
(c) Right before her father dies.
(d) She never learns the truth of Eddie's death.

2. What does the boy think happened to Eddie in the secret passage of Grianan?
(a) His grandfather shot him.
(b) Larry shot him.
(c) Eddie was swallowed up by the earth.
(d) Eddie starved to death.

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

4. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?
(a) To run away.
(b) To talk to his mother.
(c) To hide in his room.
(d) To talk to his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sergeant Burke comes to talk to the boy's mother, what does he reveal as his reason for beating her husband?

2. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?

3. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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