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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 does the boy write down in the exercise book?
(a) The story of Brigid.
(b) An apology letter.
(c) The details of Eddie's death.
(d) An essay for school.

2. What does Jimmy do before he is found dead?
(a) He hides the gun.
(b) He kills Claire.
(c) He visits the doctor.
(d) He curses at the window of the room where Danno had lived.

3. To what does Father Nugent compare murder?
(a) Disobeying your parents.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Sex without love.
(d) Hating your brother.

4. What happens to the boy's father right before he retires?
(a) He suffers a heart attack.
(b) He dies.
(c) He reveals everything about Eddie's death.
(d) He goes missing.

5. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?
(a) The boy's mother.
(b) Brigid.
(c) Ena.
(d) Bernadette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character dies in 1959?

2. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?

3. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?

4. When do the boy's parents meet?

5. Which two groups does the boy's mother find out were collaborating together?

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. Why does the boy's mother turn hostile toward him in Chapter 6?

3. Why is Crazy Joe such a valuable character to the story of Eddie's disappearance and death?

4. What happens to Jimmy and Claire?

5. Why does Katie's family refuse to attend Meave's wedding?

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

7. Who is Danno Bredin?

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

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

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

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