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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 think happened to Eddie in the secret passage of Grianan?
(a) Eddie starved to death.
(b) Eddie was swallowed up by the earth.
(c) Larry shot him.
(d) His grandfather shot him.

2. What eventually happens to Danno?
(a) He returns to the military.
(b) He becomes ill and dies.
(c) He starts a new family.
(d) He moves away.

3. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that he can sleep at night.
(b) So that someone will be punished for it.
(c) So that the boy's mother is happy again.
(d) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.

4. When the boy encounters Crazy Joe in Chapter 5, what does Crazy Joe ask him to do?
(a) Walk him to the library.
(b) Tell him about Eddie.
(c) Sing him some songs.
(d) Show him the way to the park.

5. To whom does the baby sock belong?
(a) The man's sister.
(b) No one knows.
(c) The man's niece.
(d) The man's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Sergeant Burke comes to talk to the boy's mother, what does he reveal as his reason for beating her husband?

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

4. What information does Katie have over her sister?

5. Who was Jimmy in love with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Danno Bredin?

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

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

10. What does Crazy Joe know about the mystery surrounding Eddie's death?

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