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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that lets the boy know his father isn't upset anymore about the rose bushes?
(a) His father apologizes.
(b) His father comes in and kisses his head.
(c) His father tells him he understands why his son did it.
(d) His father smiles at him.

2. Who is Charlie McCabe?
(a) An informer.
(b) A local post office inspector.
(c) A Catholic priest.
(d) A local Protestant police officer.

3. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She is losing her voice.
(b) She sees ghosts out the window.
(c) The orphans keep changing.
(d) She keeps losing things.

4. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

5. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?
(a) The boy, his brother Liam, and their father.
(b) Rory Hannaway, Neil McLaughlin, and the boy's uncle.
(c) Brother Regan, the boy, and his father.
(d) The boy, his father, and Rory Hannaway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches the boy about sex?

2. What event is introduced at the local community hall?

3. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?

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

5. Who told the boy the story of the man with the baby sock?

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