2. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?
(a) One of the boy's uncles.
(b) Grenaghan's grandfather.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A clergyman at the church.

3. When Sergeant Burke comes to talk to the boy's mother, what does he reveal as his reason for beating her husband?
(a) He thought Frank was guilty at the time.
(b) Self-defense.
(c) He had evidence that Frank was involved in Eddie's death.
(d) To keep Frank out of jail.

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

5. What event is introduced at the local community hall?
(a) Job fairs.
(b) Dinner gatherings.
(c) Textiles classes.
(d) Social evenings with music.

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

7. 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) Three months.
(d) Eleven months.

8. When Katie goes to England to attend her daughter's wedding, why does the rest of her family refuse to attend?
(a) The wedding is on a workday.
(b) The groom is black.
(c) It is too far to travel.
(d) Meave is pregnant.

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

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

11. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that the boy's mother is happy again.
(b) So that someone will be punished for it.
(c) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(d) So that he can sleep at night.

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

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

14. What does Crazy Joe reveal to the boy?
(a) He saw Eddie die.
(b) He knows why Larry has stopped talking.
(c) He saw McIlhenny get out of the Sergeant's car in July 1926.
(d) He knows who tipped off McIlhenny.

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