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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) Ena and Bernadette.
(b) The boy's mother.
(c) Brigid.
(d) Katie.

3. What does Crazy Joe say Larry's mysterious woman turns into?
(a) A bird.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A butterfly.

4. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.
(b) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.
(c) He is hidden in the attic by his father.
(d) He is beaten by the police.

5. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The ghosts of unborn children.
(b) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(c) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.
(d) The souls of those who had disappeared.

6. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?
(a) Who killed Eddie.
(b) Where Eddie was killed.
(c) What happened to Tony.
(d) Who the real informer was.

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

8. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?
(a) The police and the boy's family.
(b) The IRA and the police.
(c) The IRA and the boy's family.
(d) The boy's uncles and the IRA.

9. Who is the real informer?
(a) Tony McIlhenny.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Larry McLaughlin.
(d) The boy's grandfather.

10. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?
(a) The singing.
(b) The bonfires.
(c) The gathering.
(d) The dancing.

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

12. Why is the boys' mother upset when they return from their boat ride across the river?
(a) She didn't have enough time to prepare dinner.
(b) She knows her husband told the boys about Eddie.
(c) She didn't expect them to return so soon.
(d) She didn't want the boys on the river.

13. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?
(a) Larry doesn't want to get married.
(b) Larry has become insane.
(c) Larry isn't ready to get married.
(d) Larry has cheated on this soon-to-be wife.

14. In what ways are the boys in the math class punished if they do not answer the questions correctly?
(a) Cleaning or caning.
(b) Extra homework or caning.
(c) Extra homework or cleaning.
(d) Time out or extra homework.

15. Which section of the library does Crazy Joe frequent?
(a) The art section.
(b) The history section.
(c) The literature section.
(d) The adult section.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?

2. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?

3. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

4. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?

5. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?

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