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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?
(a) A family friend.
(b) A German sailor.
(c) A local policeman.
(d) His grandfather.

2. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?
(a) Their hair changes color.
(b) Their voices switch.
(c) They both change genders.
(d) Their reflections in the mirror disappear.

3. How old was the boy's father when he was left in charge of the family?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

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

5. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?
(a) In the neighbor's house.
(b) Under the stairs.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In the air raid shelters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

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

3. Why will no one ever know what really happened to Eddie in the secret passageway of Grianan?

4. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?

5. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?

(see the answer key)

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