2. When the boy encounters Crazy Joe in Chapter 5, what does Crazy Joe ask him to do?
(a) Tell him about Eddie.
(b) Sing him some songs.
(c) Walk him to the library.
(d) Show him the way to the park.

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

4. How long does the boy piece together that his father knew the full story about Eddie being an informant?
(a) Since 1930.
(b) Since 1922.
(c) Since 1935.
(d) Since 1928.

5. 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) Early.
(c) On time.
(d) Late.

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

7. When Danno returns home, what does he find?
(a) His family is gone.
(b) Nobody remembers who he is.
(c) His house has burned down.
(d) His wife living with another man.

8. What happens to the boy's father right before he retires?
(a) He goes missing.
(b) He suffers a heart attack.
(c) He reveals everything about Eddie's death.
(d) He dies.

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

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

11. What does the boy's mother tell him to put in the fire?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Her pills.
(c) Her dress.
(d) The gun.

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

13. 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.

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

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