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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Danno Bredin?
(a) Young man in the navy.
(b) Jimmy's brother.
(c) Claire's father.
(d) The boy's friend.

2. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Una.
(c) Ann.
(d) Emily.

3. What does the boy's mother tell him to put in the fire?
(a) The gun.
(b) Her pills.
(c) Her dress.
(d) The newspaper.

4. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?
(a) Rain is pouring in from the open window.
(b) She senses a ghost nearby.
(c) The window is broken and glass shards cover the floor.
(d) Someone outside will see him.

5. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) There wasn't enough evidence.
(b) The murder suspect disappeared.
(c) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(d) The evidence was tampered with.

Short Answer Questions

1. In September 1954, the boy's teacher asks several unanswerable questions in which class?

2. After the boy's mother develops depression, what does she begin to have visions of?

3. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?

4. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?

5. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?

(see the answer key)

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