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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. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ann.
(c) Una.
(d) Emily.

2. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.
(b) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.
(c) That Eddie was killed.
(d) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.

3. Chapter 3 opens with the narrator talking about the neighborhood having what kind of infestation problem?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Bees.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mice.

4. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
(a) In the basement of the distillery.
(b) In the church after service.
(c) In the secret passage of Grianan.
(d) In his sister's bedroom.

5. Who is Billy Mahon?
(a) A priest.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A friend of the family.
(d) A neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?

2. What does the boy's grandfather reveal about Eddie in Chapter 3?

3. Who is the real informer?

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

5. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Grianan.

2. What memory does the boy have of an interaction between him and Crazy Joe?

3. Describe the events surrounding the distillery and what happens to it.

4. Describe the boy's relationship with his mother.

5. How is the novel The Shan Van Vocht an example of female symbolism?

6. What happens to Larry McLaughlin?

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

8. What happens to Frances and Francis?

9. Describe the narrator.

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

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