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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.
(b) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.
(c) That Eddie was killed.
(d) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.

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

3. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?
(a) What happened to Tony.
(b) Where Eddie was killed.
(c) Who the real informer was.
(d) Who killed Eddie.

4. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Light.
(d) A pillow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

2. Which of the boy's relatives dies in October 1949?

3. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?

4. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?

5. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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