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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. When do the boy's parents marry?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1930.
2. According to Chapter 6, what was Tony's job before he disappeared?
(a) Coal mine worker.
(b) Train operator.
(c) Bus conductor.
(d) Police inspector.
3. What does Katie's sister tell her that upsets her?
(a) That Meave will stop talking to Katie soon.
(b) That Meave's husband would soon cheat on her.
(c) That Tony really loved Katie's sister instead.
(d) That Meave's husband will leave her just like Katie's husband left her.
4. In what language does the boy write the final copy?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.
5. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?
(a) She moves away.
(b) She doesn't associate with his family.
(c) She loves someone else.
(d) She lives a life of celibacy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?
2. The man with the baby sock said he would stop traveling on the bus after what happens?
3. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
4. Why does the boy's mother warn him to stay away from the person she warns him about?
5. To whom does the baby sock belong?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the boy's mother begin to treat him unkindly?
2. What is Sergeant Burke's purpose for going to the boy's mother and revealing all that he knows of Eddie's death?
3. What does Crazy Joe know about the mystery surrounding Eddie's death?
4. Why doesn't the boy reveal to his parents what he knows of Eddie's death?
5. Why does Katie's family refuse to attend Meave's wedding?
6. Why does the boy narrator find it important to his relationship with his mother that he keep her secret?
7. In what ways are the problems of Northern Ireland just beginning as the problems the boy faces are now ending?
8. What does Father Nugent talk to the boy narrator about and why does it make him uncomfortable?
9. What happens to Jimmy and Claire?
10. Why does Sergeant Burke say he beat up Frank and why does he apologize for it?
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