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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jimmy die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Broken neck.

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

3. Who is the real informer?
(a) Tony McIlhenny.
(b) The boy's grandfather.
(c) Crazy Joe.
(d) Larry McLaughlin.

4. Who begins to visit the boy's mother regularly in Chapter 6?
(a) Katie.
(b) The priest.
(c) Sergeant Burke.
(d) Crazy Joe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boy encounters Crazy Joe in Chapter 5, what does Crazy Joe ask him to do?

2. Why does the boy's mother warn him to stay away from the person she warns him about?

3. According to the local belief his father told the boy, who gathers at the Field of the Disappeared at Christmas and other festivals?

4. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?

5. What happened to the boy's sister, Una, in 1948?

(see the answer key)

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