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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. To whom is the boy attracted in Chapter 4?
2. Which two groups does the boy's mother find out were collaborating together?
3. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
4. What does the boy write down in the exercise book?
5. The man with the baby sock said he would stop traveling on the bus after what happens?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does the boy mean when he says he has become the "plague himself" by wanting to know what had "plagued her"?
3. What causes the boy to realize his mother doesn't care what he reveals to anyone?
4. What information does the boy's mother find out after Sergeant Burke dies that makes her angry?
5. How does his mother's inability to speak because of her stroke affect her relationship with the boy?
6. Why doesn't the boy reveal to his parents what he knows of Eddie's death?
7. Who is Danno Bredin?
8. Why does the boy's mother begin to treat him unkindly?
9. What does the boy believe about his loyalties to his parents as he sets off to college?
10. What is important about the boy's reading of the story of Eddie's death in Irish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How might the story progress differently if told through the voice of another character? How does the young boy add to the story's mystery? What might we know differently if one of his parents narrated the story instead?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of secrets within the text. What kind of impact does secret-keeping have on the characters of the novel? How does it affect the plot as it progresses? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Which parts of the story and characters of the novel do you identify with? Why?
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