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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boy's mother in 1968?
(a) She suffers a stroke.
(b) She meets an old friend.
(c) She gets in an accident.
(d) She goes insane.

2. What is the moral of the story about the man with the baby sock?
(a) People will only find what they're looking for if they stop searching.
(b) People won't find anything if they keep their eyes closed for too long.
(c) People can't move on if they don't let go.
(d) People in small places make big mistakes.

3. What eventually happens to Danno?
(a) He becomes ill and dies.
(b) He starts a new family.
(c) He returns to the military.
(d) He moves away.

4. How does Jimmy die?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Stroke.

5. Why does the boy's father threaten Crazy Joe in Chapter 6?
(a) Because he was mean to the boy.
(b) Because he was giving the boy bad advice.
(c) Because he was trying to steal from the boy.
(d) Because he laid a hand on the boy's knee.

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

7. What does Katie's sister tell her that upsets her?
(a) That Tony really loved Katie's sister instead.
(b) That Meave will stop talking to Katie soon.
(c) That Meave's husband will leave her just like Katie's husband left her.
(d) That Meave's husband would soon cheat on her.

8. What advice does Crazy Joe give the boy in Chapter 6?
(a) Chase girls.
(b) Talk to his mother about Eddie.
(c) Plant a garden.
(d) Read books.

9. Which character dies in 1959?
(a) Sergeant Burke.
(b) Katie McIlhenny.
(c) Tony McIlhenny.
(d) Crazy Joe.

10. What does the boy's mother say out-of-the-blue while he is washing dishes with his father?
(a) "Paradise was not far away when I died."
(b) "We only live once."
(c) "Silence follows those who know the truth."
(d) "The queen smiles for a day."

11. Why will no one ever know what really happened to Eddie in the secret passageway of Grianan?
(a) The records of his death were burned.
(b) Those who know were sworn to secrecy.
(c) No one was there to witness what happened after he was sealed inside the passageway.
(d) Larry does not speak anymore.

12. At the very end of the book, what does the narrator think he hears as he is going down the stairs?
(a) A bird.
(b) The clock tower.
(c) A siren.
(d) A sigh.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?

2. How does the boy's father die?

3. What is his mother's response when the boy asks her what she wants for her birthday?

4. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?

5. What does Jimmy do before he is found dead?

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