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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. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) Police station.
(b) Private farmhouse.
(c) Catholic church.
(d) British oxygen plant.

2. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?
(a) Larry doesn't want to get married.
(b) Larry has become insane.
(c) Larry has cheated on this soon-to-be wife.
(d) Larry isn't ready to get married.

3. In what ways are the boys in the math class punished if they do not answer the questions correctly?
(a) Time out or extra homework.
(b) Extra homework or caning.
(c) Cleaning or caning.
(d) Extra homework or cleaning.

4. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The evidence was tampered with.
(b) The murder suspect disappeared.
(c) There wasn't enough evidence.
(d) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.

5. Who is the real informer?
(a) The boy's grandfather.
(b) Tony McIlhenny.
(c) Crazy Joe.
(d) Larry McLaughlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?

2. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

3. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

4. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

5. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?

Short Essay Questions

1. The theme of disappearance is further discussed in Chapter 2. Explain.

2. Describe Crazy Joe.

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

4. What happens to Frances and Francis?

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

6. Describe Grianan.

7. What happens to Larry McLaughlin?

8. What local belief surrounds the Field of the Disappeared?

9. How can we see in Chapter 2 that the belief in the supernatural is a powerful force in Northern Ireland during this time?

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

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