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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the local belief his father told the boy, who gathers at the Field of the Disappeared at Christmas and other festivals?
(a) The souls of those who have not had a Christian burial.
(b) The souls of children who died at a young age.
(c) The souls of those who were murdered.
(d) The souls of orphans.

2. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that the boy's mother is happy again.
(b) So that someone will be punished for it.
(c) So that he can sleep at night.
(d) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.

3. Who is Ena?
(a) The boy's father's sister.
(b) The boy's sister.
(c) The boy's mother's sister.
(d) The boy's grandmother.

4. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Katie McIlhenny.
(b) Aunt Bernadette.
(c) Una.
(d) Brigid McLaughlin.

5. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.
(b) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(c) The souls of those who had disappeared.
(d) The ghosts of unborn children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?

2. What does the boy find in the wardrobe of his sister's bedroom?

3. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?

4. What language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?

5. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?

(see the answer key)

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