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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. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?
(a) Eleven months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Three months.
(d) A year and a half.

2. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?
(a) History class.
(b) Math class.
(c) English class.
(d) Geography class.

3. What does the boy's mother do with the flower he gives her in Chapter 6?
(a) She puts it in a vase in the window.
(b) She destroys it.
(c) She eats it.
(d) She throws it away.

4. When do Eddie's parents die?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

5. What is the moral of the story about the man with the baby sock?
(a) People will only find what they're looking for if they stop searching.
(b) People in small places make big mistakes.
(c) People can't move on if they don't let go.
(d) People won't find anything if they keep their eyes closed for too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the boy's mother find out the truth about Eddie?

2. To whom does the baby sock belong?

3. What information does Katie have over her sister?

4. Where does Charlie McCabe frequent?

5. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does Sergeant Burke say he beat up Frank and why does he apologize for it?

4. What happens to Jimmy and Claire?

5. What does Father Nugent talk to the boy narrator about and why does it make him uncomfortable?

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

7. What does the boy believe about his loyalties to his parents as he sets off to college?

8. What is important about the boy's reading of the story of Eddie's death in Irish?

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

10. What does the boy recall about "unconditional love"?

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