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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) The Field of the Disappeared.
(b) Donegal.
(c) Grianan.
(d) Buncrana.

2. What causes the boy to have nightmares?
(a) His mother's unsuccessful suicide attempts caused by her depression.
(b) His treatment by the police.
(c) Stories of the murder trial of 1922.
(d) The death of his sister.

3. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?
(a) She skips wherever she goes.
(b) She pretends the children have never left.
(c) She never leaves her house.
(d) She sings the children's song once a year.

4. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?
(a) The disappearance of the boy's uncle.
(b) The conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants.
(c) The conflict between the police and the IRA.
(d) The death of the boy's sister.

5. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The boy and Rory Hannaway.
(b) The boy and Una, his sister.
(c) The boy and his mother.
(d) The boy and his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?

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

3. Who is the hero of the novel the boy reads in the dark?

4. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Ena?

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