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

3. When Katie goes to England to attend her daughter's wedding, why does the rest of her family refuse to attend?
(a) The wedding is on a workday.
(b) It is too far to travel.
(c) The groom is black.
(d) Meave is pregnant.

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

5. What is wrong about the boy taking Irene to the cinema?
(a) He doesn't have any money.
(b) He forgets where the cinema is.
(c) She is Grenaghan's girlfriend.
(d) The cinema is closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Danno returns home, what does he find?

2. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?

3. Who is Charlie McCabe?

4. What information does Katie have over her sister?

5. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are the problems of Northern Ireland just beginning as the problems the boy faces are now ending?

2. Who is Danno Bredin?

3. How does his mother's inability to speak because of her stroke affect her relationship with the boy?

4. How is the boy's mother's interpretation of the story of Sean and the baby sock a reflection on her own relationship with Tony McIlhenny and her role in Eddie's murder?

5. What is the boy punished for by the Dean and what is his punishment?

6. Why doesn't the boy reveal to his parents what he knows of Eddie's death?

7. Describe the relationship between Tony, Katie, and the boy's mother.

8. Why is the boy again upset with his mother at the end of Chapter 5?

9. What does Sergeant Burke reveal about Eddie's death and Tony's involvement?

10. What is Sergeant Burke's purpose for going to the boy's mother and revealing all that he knows of Eddie's death?

(see the answer keys)

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