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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the boy's father work?
(a) The police station.
(b) The naval base.
(c) The docks.
(d) The distillery.

2. Why is the boys' mother upset when they return from their boat ride across the river?
(a) She didn't expect them to return so soon.
(b) She knows her husband told the boys about Eddie.
(c) She didn't want the boys on the river.
(d) She didn't have enough time to prepare dinner.

3. What is going to be built across the river?
(a) Catholic church.
(b) British oxygen plant.
(c) Police station.
(d) Private farmhouse.

4. What does "The Shan Van Vocht" mean?
(a) The Conflict of Past.
(b) The Lovely Dark Land.
(c) The Poor Old Woman.
(d) The Land of Poverty.

5. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?
(a) He enlisted in the IRA.
(b) He skipped town with his girlfriend.
(c) He went to Grianan.
(d) He went to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Billy Mahon?

2. What happens to Billy Mahon?

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

4. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

5. When does Tony McIlhenny disappear?

(see the answer key)

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