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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 23 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Furlong disinclined to dwell on now?
(a) Prayer.
(b) The past.
(c) Grudges.
(d) Money.

2. What company has been making people redundant?
(a) Hanrahan's.
(b) Albatros.
(c) Johnston Mooney and O'Briens.
(d) O'Donnell's.

3. What kind of smoke comes from the fires at the convent?
(a) Odorless smoke.
(b) Red smoke.
(c) Strange, greenish smoke.
(d) No smoke.

4. What year is the book set in?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1946.

5. How old is Furlong's mother when she has him?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Furlong sell?

2. Where is it rumored that babies sometimes get adopted out to?

3. How did Mrs. Wilson's husband die?

4. What kind of book does Furlong say he might like for Christmas?

5. What is the area right beside the river called in Ireland?

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