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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?
(a) The swamps.
(b) A nearby dumping ground.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) An abandoned house.

3. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Poor Old Woman.
(b) The Lovely Dark Land.
(c) The Conflict of Past.
(d) The Land of Poverty.

4. What causes the boy to have nightmares?
(a) The death of his sister.
(b) Stories of the murder trial of 1922.
(c) His treatment by the police.
(d) His mother's unsuccessful suicide attempts caused by her depression.

5. Who is Meave?
(a) Eddie's daughter.
(b) The boy's niece.
(c) The boy's sister.
(d) Katie's daughter.

6. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Rory.
(b) Robert.
(c) Simon.
(d) Patrick.

7. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?
(a) Brother Regan.
(b) Neil McLaughlin.
(c) Rory Hannaway.
(d) Billy Mahon.

8. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?
(a) They said he should have stood up for himself.
(b) They said he should have just taken the punches.
(c) They said he should have run away.
(d) They said he should have talked the bully out of fighting.

9. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?
(a) In the air raid shelters.
(b) In the neighbor's house.
(c) Under the stairs.
(d) In the bathtub.

10. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

11. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?
(a) They both change genders.
(b) Their hair changes color.
(c) Their voices switch.
(d) Their reflections in the mirror disappear.

12. How does the boy's grandfather die?
(a) Old age.
(b) A stroke.
(c) An accident.
(d) A heart attack.

13. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?
(a) She pretends the children have never left.
(b) She sings the children's song once a year.
(c) She skips wherever she goes.
(d) She never leaves her house.

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

15. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?
(a) Their grandfather.
(b) Their father's brother.
(c) Their brother.
(d) Their mother's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?

2. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?

3. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

4. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?

5. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?

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