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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?
(a) Their grandfather.
(b) Their father's brother.
(c) Their brother.
(d) Their mother's sister.

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

3. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?
(a) She moves away.
(b) She lives a life of celibacy.
(c) She loves someone else.
(d) She doesn't associate with his family.

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

5. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the boy's father do for a living?

3. What happens to the distillery after the shootout?

4. When do the boy's parents marry?

5. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?

(see the answer key)

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