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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Light.
(d) A pillow.

2. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He was being bullied.
(b) He didn't have a ride home.
(c) He was out wandering at night.
(d) He was in trouble.

3. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?
(a) The police and the boy's family.
(b) The boy's uncles and the IRA.
(c) The IRA and the police.
(d) The IRA and the boy's family.

4. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?
(a) America.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) Denmark.

5. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?
(a) He thinks his mother does not know the truth.
(b) He doesn't understand the full story.
(c) She lies.
(d) She does not tell him everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?

2. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

3. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?

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

5. How long does the boy piece together that his father knew the full story about Eddie being an informant?

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