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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They both cannot see.
(c) They have both lost their jobs.
(d) They have lost their ability to speak.

2. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?
(a) The Poor Old Woman.
(b) The History of Ireland.
(c) Paradise Lost.
(d) The Bible.

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

4. Where is Eddie interrogated?
(a) In the shed.
(b) Behind the house.
(c) At the Donegal farmhouse.
(d) At the distillery.

5. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?
(a) Rory Hannaway.
(b) Billy Mahon.
(c) Brother Regan.
(d) Neil McLaughlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?

2. How does Rory Hannaway die?

3. In what year does the novel begin?

4. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?

5. In September 1954, the boy's teacher asks several unanswerable questions in which class?

(see the answer key)

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