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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy's grandfather die?
(a) Old age.
(b) A stroke.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) An accident.

2. How long are Bernadette and Ena kept in the shed until the boy's father finds them?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Eleven months.
(d) A year and a half.

3. From where does the title of the novel get its name?
(a) The confusion the boy feels by not understanding what he reads.
(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 loneliness of reading alone and the boy's feeling of being alone.

4. Who is Danno Bredin?
(a) The boy's friend.
(b) Young man in the navy.
(c) Jimmy's brother.
(d) Claire's father.

5. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?
(a) Their voices switch.
(b) Their hair changes color.
(c) Their reflections in the mirror disappear.
(d) They both change genders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?

2. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?

3. What language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?

4. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?

5. Who is Ena?

(see the answer key)

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