Reading in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Reading in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The prohibition of alcohol.
(b) The death of a policeman.
(c) The founding of Northern Ireland.
(d) The shutdown of the distillery.

4. Who tells the boy that some families are devil-haunted?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Frances.
(c) Katie.
(d) Bernadette.

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

6. How does the boy describe how he got rid of the infestation in Chapter 3?
(a) He hired an exterminator.
(b) He flooded the nests.
(c) He threw burning rags on them.
(d) He had the dogs eat them.

7. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?
(a) Light.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Food.
(d) A pillow.

8. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?
(a) Poland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) England.
(d) America.

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

10. Who does the boy find out is responsible for the murder of 1921?
(a) Neil McLaughlin.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Brother Regan.
(d) His grandfather.

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

12. 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.

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

14. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?
(a) To a grave.
(b) To a sick relative's house.
(c) To his teacher.
(d) To his father.

15. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?
(a) May 7.
(b) August 11.
(c) September 14.
(d) November 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?

2. What does the boy's father do for a living?

3. Who is Katie?

4. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?

5. Who is the real informer?

(see the answer keys)

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