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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches the boy about sex?
(a) Brother Regan.
(b) His father.
(c) Father Nugent.
(d) His mother.

2. Which of these statements about the local asylum is true?
(a) It has only male patients.
(b) It has a positive turnover rate.
(c) It has a reputation for cruel treatment of patients.
(d) It went under right after Eddie's disappearance.

3. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?
(a) God's love extends even to those who commit evil deeds.
(b) Bad things happen because people make poor choices.
(c) Only God should judge people and decide their fate.
(d) Action should be taken to prevent further violence.

4. 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 thinks that she already knows the truth but is hiding it.
(d) He doesn't think she deserves to know.

5. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?
(a) Because she didn't want Katie to know Eddie was the informer.
(b) Because Katie knew nothing about Eddie's disappearance.
(c) Because she would have to reveal that Katie's husband was the informer.
(d) Because she didn't want to tell Katie that Eddie was executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the boy after he takes the girl to the cinema?

2. What version of the boy's story does he burn?

3. What does Katie's sister tell her that upsets her?

4. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?

5. On the day the boy earns his degree from university, when does he arrive home to tell the family?

(see the answer key)

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