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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 language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?
(a) French.
(b) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) German.

2. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?
(a) One of the boy's uncles.
(b) A clergyman at the church.
(c) Grenaghan's grandfather.
(d) A neighbor.

3. What version of the boy's story does he burn?
(a) The English version.
(b) The final version.
(c) The miscopied version.
(d) The Irish version.

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

5. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
(a) The law of the Old Testament.
(b) The prophecies of revelation.
(c) The gospel parables.
(d) The ones about good and evil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the boy's mother do with the flower he gives her in Chapter 6?

3. When do Eddie's parents die?

4. What is the moral of the story about the man with the baby sock?

5. When do the boy's parents meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the boy conclude that it was his mother who tipped off McIlhenny?

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

8. What does the boy mean when he says he has become the "plague himself" by wanting to know what had "plagued her"?

9. What scripture passages does the boy enjoy reading, but why do they trouble him?

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

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