Reading in the Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading in the Dark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?
(a) Only God should judge people and decide their fate.
(b) God's love extends even to those who commit evil deeds.
(c) Bad things happen because people make poor choices.
(d) Action should be taken to prevent further violence.

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

3. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.
(b) The murder suspect disappeared.
(c) There wasn't enough evidence.
(d) The evidence was tampered with.

4. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.
(b) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.
(c) He is beaten by the police.
(d) He is hidden in the attic by his father.

5. From where does the title of the novel get its name?
(a) The sadness felt by the boy after being forced to read only at night.
(b) The confusion the boy feels by not understanding what he reads.
(c) The boy's reading of his first book.
(d) The loneliness of reading alone and the boy's feeling of being alone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, where does the boy's mother ask him to take flowers?

3. What key theme of the novel is introduced in Chapter 1?

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

5. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

(see the answer key)

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