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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
(a) In the market.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the streets.
(d) In the distillery.

2. 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.

3. Who does the boy find out is responsible for the murder of 1921?
(a) Neil McLaughlin.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Brother Regan.
(d) His grandfather.

4. From which part of the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics does the boy derive excitement?
(a) The bonfires.
(b) The gathering.
(c) The dancing.
(d) The singing.

5. What type of stone chair is hidden in the ruins of Grianan?
(a) A wishing chair.
(b) A throne.
(c) A table chair.
(d) A stool.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?

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

3. What happens that lets the boy know his father isn't upset anymore about the rose bushes?

4. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?

5. How do the boy's father's parents die?

(see the answer key)

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