Reading in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Reading in the Dark Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Crazy Joe say Larry's mysterious woman turns into?
(a) A fox.
(b) A bird.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A deer.

3. When the boy and his brother, Liam, are taken across the river by their father, what does his father's explanation about Eddie reveal to the boy?
(a) His father knows more about Eddie's disappearance than does anyone else.
(b) The boy knows more than his father knows.
(c) His father knows nothing of Eddie's disappearance.
(d) Liam knows more about Eddie's disappearance than does the boy.

4. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
(a) The Field of the Disappeared.
(b) Donegal.
(c) Grianan.
(d) Buncrana.

5. Who is hired to look after the two children, Francis and Frances?
(a) Aunt Bernadette.
(b) Katie McIlhenny.
(c) Una.
(d) Brigid McLaughlin.

6. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?
(a) He skipped town with his girlfriend.
(b) He went to America.
(c) He enlisted in the IRA.
(d) He went to Grianan.

7. Which section of the library does Crazy Joe frequent?
(a) The art section.
(b) The adult section.
(c) The literature section.
(d) The history section.

8. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?
(a) Rain is pouring in from the open window.
(b) The window is broken and glass shards cover the floor.
(c) Someone outside will see him.
(d) She senses a ghost nearby.

9. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?
(a) The Poor Old Woman.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The History of Ireland.
(d) Paradise Lost.

10. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The boy and Rory Hannaway.
(b) The boy and his father.
(c) The boy and his mother.
(d) The boy and Una, his sister.

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

12. Why is the boys' mother upset when they return from their boat ride across the river?
(a) She didn't have enough time to prepare dinner.
(b) She didn't want the boys on the river.
(c) She knows her husband told the boys about Eddie.
(d) She didn't expect them to return so soon.

13. What is distinct about Larry McLaughlin's character?
(a) He wanders.
(b) He tells stories.
(c) He does not talk.
(d) He is missing.

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

15. What happens to the boy when the police come to search the house?
(a) He is told to leave the house so they can search it.
(b) He is beaten by the police.
(c) He is hidden in the attic by his father.
(d) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information about the family secret does the boy know in Chapter 3 that his parents do not know?

2. Why does the boy's mother lie to Katie about why the boy's father started drinking again?

3. What does the boy's father do for a living?

4. To whom is Larry McLaughlin related?

5. In Chapter 2, at what time does the grandfather clock strike before it stops for good?

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