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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?
(a) The distillery.
(b) The boy's house.
(c) A football match.
(d) The circus.

2. Which two groups does the boy's mother find out were collaborating together?
(a) The police and the priests.
(b) The priests and the IRA.
(c) The boy's uncles and the priests.
(d) The police and the boy's uncles.

3. 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 thinks she is too sensitive to handle the truth.
(d) He doesn't think she deserves to know.

4. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?
(a) He thinks his mother does not know the truth.
(b) He doesn't understand the full story.
(c) She does not tell him everything.
(d) She lies.

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

6. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Eleven months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Eight months.

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

8. By the end of Chapter 6, how many of the boy's parents' children live at home?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

9. How does the boy's father die?
(a) A second heart attack.
(b) An accident.
(c) An aneurysm.
(d) Fever.

10. Where does Jimmy go to work for several years?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) America.

11. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?
(a) She lives a life of celibacy.
(b) She moves away.
(c) She doesn't associate with his family.
(d) She loves someone else.

12. Who also visits the boy's parents as he is there in Chapter 6?
(a) The dead soldier's father.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Sergeant Burke.
(d) Tony.

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

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

15. On the day the boy earns his degree from university, when does he arrive home to tell the family?
(a) He didn't get the chance to tell them.
(b) Late.
(c) Early.
(d) On time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Father Nugent compare murder?

3. What reason does the boy's mother give for not taking her medicine?

4. What does the boy realize about his mother after the onset of her depression?

5. What happens to the boy's mother after she stops taking the medicine?

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