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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Six.

2. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) Donegal.
(b) The Field of the Disappeared.
(c) Buncrana.
(d) Grianan.

3. Where does the boy's father work?
(a) The naval base.
(b) The docks.
(c) The distillery.
(d) The police station.

4. How does the boy's grandfather die?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Old age.
(d) An accident.

5. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Brigid McLaughlin.
(b) Una.
(c) Katie McIlhenny.
(d) Aunt Bernadette.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

2. What do Frances and Francis do every day?

3. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?

4. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?

5. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the boy narrator fond of Aunt Katie?

2. How is the boy's father's life seen as very difficult and sad?

3. What causes the rat infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?

4. How do we see the boy react and respond to his circumstances in Chapter 1 instead of accepting them at face value?

5. Why does the boy throw a rock at Sergeant Burke's police car?

6. Who is Tony and what happened to him?

7. How is the motif of fire used in Chapter 3?

8. When the boy's father takes him and his brother Liam out on the boat, what does his father reveal to them and why does it make the boy feel uncomfortable?

9. Why is Una's death seen as an outlet for the boy's mother?

10. Describe the narrator.

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