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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

3. Who tells the boy's father about Eddie's killing?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Ena and Bernadette.
(c) The boy's mother.
(d) Katie.

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

5. Why does the boy ride home with Sergeant Burke in the police car?
(a) He was in trouble.
(b) He was out wandering at night.
(c) He didn't have a ride home.
(d) He was being bullied.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1949, the police arrive at the boy's house in search of what?

2. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?

3. How does the boy's grandfather die?

4. What does the boy try to do after his talk with Sergeant Burke in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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