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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Billy Mahon?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He is pushed off the bridge.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is framed for murder.

2. Where does Charlie McCabe frequent?
(a) Grianan.
(b) The library.
(c) The brothel.
(d) The distillery.

3. What causes the infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?
(a) The swamps.
(b) A nearby dumping ground.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) An abandoned house.

4. Why does the boy's father hit him in Chapter 3?
(a) His father is drunk.
(b) The boy tells his father he should be blaming Eddie.
(c) The boy doesn't stop talking.
(d) The boy tells his father he hates him.

5. After the incident with the rose bushes, the boy stays in his room for more than a day without what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Light.
(d) A pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boy's parents suggest he should have done instead of involving Sergeant Burke when he was being bullied?

2. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?

3. What is going to be built across the river?

4. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?

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

(see the answer key)

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