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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Frances and Francis do every day?
(a) Sing songs.
(b) Put flowers on their parents' graves.
(c) Play in the Field of the Disappeared.
(d) Put on costumes.

2. Where does the boy go with Moran in Chapter 4?
(a) The distillery.
(b) The circus.
(c) A football match.
(d) The boy's house.

3. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?
(a) Poland.
(b) England.
(c) Denmark.
(d) America.

4. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?
(a) She was kidnapped.
(b) She ran away.
(c) She became sick and died.
(d) She became paralyzed.

5. What are the IRA gunmen protesting at the shootout at the distillery?
(a) The death of a policeman.
(b) The prohibition of alcohol.
(c) The shutdown of the distillery.
(d) The founding of Northern Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?

2. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?

3. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?

4. What makes the boy feel distinctly uncomfortable in Chapter 1?

5. Who does the boy find out is responsible for the murder of 1921?

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