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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?
(a) To hide in his room.
(b) To talk to his mother.
(c) To run away.
(d) To talk to his father.

2. When do Eddie's parents die?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

3. When Sergeant Burke comes to talk to the boy's mother, what does he reveal as his reason for beating her husband?
(a) Self-defense.
(b) He had evidence that Frank was involved in Eddie's death.
(c) He thought Frank was guilty at the time.
(d) To keep Frank out of jail.

4. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?
(a) She keeps losing things.
(b) She sees ghosts out the window.
(c) The orphans keep changing.
(d) She is losing her voice.

5. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?
(a) When Una dies.
(b) When the boy is born.
(c) When Ena dies.
(d) When Katie is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?

2. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?

3. Who does Larry meet on his way home from Grianan?

4. Why will no one ever know what really happened to Eddie in the secret passageway of Grianan?

5. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?

(see the answer key)

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