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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the boy attracted in Chapter 4?
(a) Katie.
(b) Irene.
(c) Ann.
(d) Brigid.

2. What does the boy say is significant because of the mother's change?
(a) Her secret is now locked inside of her.
(b) She is no longer depressed.
(c) Her mind won't linger on the secret of loving McIlhenny anymore.
(d) She can't hear the lies about Eddie any longer.

3. What language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

4. Which of these statements about the local asylum is true?
(a) It has a positive turnover rate.
(b) It went under right after Eddie's disappearance.
(c) It has a reputation for cruel treatment of patients.
(d) It has only male patients.

5. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?
(a) She was always insane.
(b) She always knew McIlhenny was an informer.
(c) She always knew about Eddie's death.
(d) She didn't really like Tony.

6. Which one of these characters does not know the truth about Eddie's death in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy's father.
(b) The boy's grandfather.
(c) The boy's mother.
(d) The boy.

7. Who does Larry meet on his way home from Grianan?
(a) The devil-woman.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Sergeant Burke.
(d) The boy's grandfather.

8. To what does Father Nugent compare murder?
(a) Sex without love.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Disobeying your parents.
(d) Hating your brother.

9. What information does Katie have over her sister?
(a) The details of Eddie's disappearance.
(b) Tony left her sister to be with Katie.
(c) Where Katie's sister's husband ran off.
(d) What happened to their parents.

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

11. Who begins to visit the boy's mother regularly in Chapter 6?
(a) Crazy Joe.
(b) The priest.
(c) Katie.
(d) Sergeant Burke.

12. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

13. What does the boy's mother do with the flower he gives her in Chapter 6?
(a) She throws it away.
(b) She eats it.
(c) She destroys it.
(d) She puts it in a vase in the window.

14. What reason does the boy's mother give for not taking her medicine?
(a) It is ruining her teeth.
(b) She doesn't think it is working.
(c) She claims the medicine is a placebo.
(d) It tastes disgusting.

15. When do Eddie's parents die?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is introduced at the local community hall?

2. What eventually happens to Danno?

3. How long does the boy piece together that his father knew the full story about Eddie being an informant?

4. What is the moral of the story about the man with the baby sock?

5. How does his mother's body change after what happens to her in 1968?

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