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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?
(a) She always knew McIlhenny was an informer.
(b) She didn't really like Tony.
(c) She always knew about Eddie's death.
(d) She was always insane.

2. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that the boy's mother is happy again.
(b) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(c) So that he can sleep at night.
(d) So that someone will be punished for it.

3. Why does the boy not tell his mother everything he knows about Eddie's death?
(a) He thinks she is too sensitive to handle the truth.
(b) He is afraid of her reaction.
(c) He doesn't think she deserves to know.
(d) He thinks that she already knows the truth but is hiding it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jimmy in love with?

2. What information does Katie have over her sister?

3. When do the boy's parents marry?

4. 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?

5. What language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?

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