2. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
(a) In the secret passage of Grianan.
(b) In the church after service.
(c) In the basement of the distillery.
(d) In his sister's bedroom.

3. How does Rory Hannaway die?
(a) Contracted meningitis.
(b) Drowned in the river.
(c) Killed by a reversing lorry.
(d) Beaten to death by thieves.

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 orphans.
(c) The souls of those who were murdered.
(d) The souls of those who have not had a Christian burial.

5. According to the boy's father, how long has the boy's mother known about Eddie?
(a) Since a few years ago.
(b) Since just after she married the boy's father.
(c) Since just after the boy was born.
(d) Since just before she married the boy's father.

6. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?
(a) One of her children dies.
(b) The boy becomes sick.
(c) Her husband leaves.
(d) She loses her job.

7. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That Eddie was killed.
(b) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.
(c) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.
(d) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.

8. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He was in trouble.
(b) He was out wandering at night.
(c) He was being bullied.
(d) He didn't have a ride home.

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

10. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?
(a) He enlisted in the IRA.
(b) He went to America.
(c) He skipped town with his girlfriend.
(d) He went to Grianan.

11. Who is Billy Mahon?
(a) A friend of the family.
(b) A priest.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A neighbor.

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

13. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) Donegal.
(b) Buncrana.
(c) The Field of the Disappeared.
(d) Grianan.

14. Chapter 3 opens with the narrator talking about the neighborhood having what kind of infestation problem?
(a) Mice.
(b) Bees.
(c) Rats.
(d) Roaches.

15. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) Police station.
(b) Private farmhouse.
(c) Catholic church.
(d) British oxygen plant.