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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) A year and a half.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Eleven months.

2. At the very end of the book, what does the narrator think he hears as he is going down the stairs?
(a) The clock tower.
(b) A bird.
(c) A sigh.
(d) A siren.

3. Who also visits the boy's parents as he is there in Chapter 6?
(a) The dead soldier's father.
(b) Sergeant Burke.
(c) Tony.
(d) Crazy Joe.

4. On the day the boy earns his degree from university, when does he arrive home to tell the family?
(a) He didn't get the chance to tell them.
(b) Late.
(c) On time.
(d) Early.

5. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?
(a) Badmouthing the teacher.
(b) Cheating on the test.
(c) Skipping the retreat.
(d) Not doing his homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charlie McCabe?

2. By the end of Chapter 6, how many of the boy's parents' children live at home?

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

4. What does Jimmy do before he is found dead?

5. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Danno Bredin?

2. What causes the boy to realize his mother doesn't care what he reveals to anyone?

3. What does the boy's mother say that upsets Katie?

4. Why does the boy's evening with Irene prove to be a disappointment?

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

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

7. Why does the boy's mother begin to treat him unkindly?

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

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

10. What happens to Jimmy and Claire?

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