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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?
(a) The famine of 1740.
(b) The black death of 1348.
(c) The rebellion of 1798.
(d) The shootout of 1922.

2. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
(a) The prophecies of revelation.
(b) The law of the Old Testament.
(c) The ones about good and evil.
(d) The gospel parables.

3. In what year does the boy enter university?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1965.

4. According to the local belief his father told the boy, who gathers at the Field of the Disappeared at Christmas and other festivals?
(a) The souls of children who died at a young age.
(b) The souls of those who were murdered.
(c) The souls of orphans.
(d) The souls of those who have not had a Christian burial.

5. What is wrong about the boy taking Irene to the cinema?
(a) He doesn't have any money.
(b) The cinema is closed.
(c) He forgets where the cinema is.
(d) She is Grenaghan's girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the boy attracted in Chapter 4?

2. In what year does the novel conclude?

3. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?

4. Why does the boy's father threaten Crazy Joe in Chapter 6?

5. Who also visits the boy's parents as he is there in Chapter 6?

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