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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Charlie McCabe?
(a) A local Protestant police officer.
(b) A Catholic priest.
(c) An informer.
(d) A local post office inspector.

2. What happens to the boy after he takes the girl to the cinema?
(a) His parents see him kiss her goodnight.
(b) He gives her flowers.
(c) He asks her to be his girlfriend.
(d) He gets hit after being set up by the girl.

3. Why does the boy's mother warn him to stay away from the person she warns him about?
(a) She's afraid the person will harm the boy.
(b) She's afraid the person will find out too much.
(c) She's afraid the person will tell her husband about Eddie's disappearance.
(d) She's afraid the person will reveal too much.

4. What does the boy write down in the exercise book?
(a) An essay for school.
(b) The story of Brigid.
(c) The details of Eddie's death.
(d) An apology letter.

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

6. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?
(a) Enlisting.
(b) Communism.
(c) The war.
(d) The plague.

7. What happens to the boy's mother after she stops taking the medicine?
(a) She becomes healthier.
(b) Her state of mind improves.
(c) She becomes suicidal.
(d) She loses her memory.

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

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 she is too sensitive to handle the truth.
(c) He doesn't think she deserves to know.
(d) He thinks that she already knows the truth but is hiding it.

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

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

12. In what year does the novel conclude?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1977.

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

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

15. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?
(a) Math class.
(b) English class.
(c) Geography class.
(d) History class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Katie have over her sister?

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

3. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?

4. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?

5. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?

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