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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Danno returns home, what does he find?
(a) His wife living with another man.
(b) His family is gone.
(c) His house has burned down.
(d) Nobody remembers who he is.

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

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

4. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?
(a) Larry has become insane.
(b) Larry isn't ready to get married.
(c) Larry has cheated on this soon-to-be wife.
(d) Larry doesn't want to get married.

5. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
(a) The prophecies of revelation.
(b) The gospel parables.
(c) The law of the Old Testament.
(d) The ones about good and evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day do the Francis and Frances' parents die?

2. What does Brother Regan teach the boys at the school in December of 1948?

3. After the boy's mother develops depression, what does she begin to have visions of?

4. Where does Jimmy go to work for several years?

5. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?

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