Reading in the Dark Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading in the Dark Test | Final 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. When do the boy's parents meet?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1945.

2. Who was Jimmy in love with?
(a) Claire.
(b) Ann.
(c) Katie.
(d) Irene.

3. What is his mother's response when the boy asks her what she wants for her birthday?
(a) She wants a new house.
(b) She wants Tony to come back.
(c) She wants to forget everything.
(d) She wants to move away.

4. The man with the baby sock said he would stop traveling on the bus after what happens?
(a) After he reaches his destination.
(b) After he finds the owner of the sock.
(c) After he runs out of bus money.
(d) After he finds the other sock.

5. When Danno returns home, what does he find?
(a) His house has burned down.
(b) His wife living with another man.
(c) His family is gone.
(d) Nobody remembers who he is.

6. The boy's mother's depression causes her to do what?
(a) Sleepwalk.
(b) Stop talking.
(c) Throw things.
(d) Have panic attacks.

7. What is Claire's last expression?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Terror.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Humor.

8. Who teaches the boy about sex?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Brother Regan.
(d) Father Nugent.

9. Why does the boy not tell his mother everything he knows about Eddie's death?
(a) He is afraid of her reaction.
(b) He thinks that she already knows the truth but is hiding it.
(c) He doesn't think she deserves to know.
(d) He thinks she is too sensitive to handle the truth.

10. When do the boy's parents marry?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1935.

11. After the boy's mother develops depression, what does she begin to have visions of?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Fire.
(c) Death.
(d) Eddie.

12. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?
(a) Skipping the retreat.
(b) Cheating on the test.
(c) Not doing his homework.
(d) Badmouthing the teacher.

13. Where does the boy go to university?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Limerick.

14. What version of the boy's story does he burn?
(a) The miscopied version.
(b) The final version.
(c) The English version.
(d) The Irish version.

15. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?
(a) The boy's mother.
(b) Ena.
(c) Bernadette.
(d) Brigid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlie McCabe frequent?

2. What does the boy's mother tell him to put in the fire?

3. What happens to the boy after he takes the girl to the cinema?

4. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?

5. Why does the boy's father threaten Crazy Joe in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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