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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Right Hand of the Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what holy day did Lynch land in Ireland when Nora became sick?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Maundy Thursday.
(c) Easter Sunday.
(d) Ash Wednesday.

2. What was the name of the woman whose body smelled bad because of her last meal?
(a) Sheehan.
(b) Lynch.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Regan.

3. What Irish writer did Lynch admire?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Wilde.

4. What did Lynch hope to do if he attended any part of the undertakers conference?
(a) Enjoy dinner with fellow undertakers.
(b) Play golf.
(c) Talk to older undertakers of his father's generation.
(d) Attend lectures.

5. At the time of Thomas Lynch's accident, how many years had his father been sober?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was St. Stephen the patron saint of?

2. Which Lynch brother was sucker-punched in a bar fight?

3. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?

4. What kind of minister was almost decked when he told a grieving parent that the body of her dead daughter was just a shell?

5. How did Milo die?

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