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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. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?
(a) Poland.
(b) America.
(c) Denmark.
(d) England.

2. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?
(a) The boy narrator.
(b) Katie.
(c) Francis.
(d) Brigid.

3. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) Katie.
(b) The boy's mother.
(c) Ena and Bernadette.
(d) Brigid.

4. Why does the boy's father hit him in Chapter 3?
(a) The boy tells his father he hates him.
(b) His father is drunk.
(c) The boy doesn't stop talking.
(d) The boy tells his father he should be blaming Eddie.

5. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The souls of those who had disappeared.
(b) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(c) The ghosts of unborn children.
(d) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?

2. During the war, when the alarms go off because of the air raids, where does the family hide?

3. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?

4. Who is the real informer?

5. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boy's grandfather tell him right before he dies?

2. Why is the boy uncomfortable with the sympathy he feels for the police after Rory Hannaway's death?

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

4. How does the boy get rid of the rat problem?

5. Describe the narrator.

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

7. Why is the disappearance of Uncle Eddie such a mystery?

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

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

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

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