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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmy from Chapter 4?
(a) One of the boy's uncles.
(b) A clergyman at the church.
(c) Grenaghan's grandfather.
(d) A neighbor.

2. In September 1954, the boy's teacher asks several unanswerable questions in which class?
(a) Geography.
(b) Language.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mathematics.

3. What does the boy's mother say out-of-the-blue while he is washing dishes with his father?
(a) "We only live once."
(b) "The queen smiles for a day."
(c) "Silence follows those who know the truth."
(d) "Paradise was not far away when I died."

4. For what does Sergeant Burke apologize in 1957?
(a) For cheating on his wife.
(b) For revealing McIlhenny as the informer.
(c) For killing Eddie.
(d) For beating up Frank.

5. Which one of these characters does not know the truth about Eddie's death in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy's grandfather.
(b) The boy's mother.
(c) The boy's father.
(d) The boy.

6. The boy's mother's depression causes her to do what?
(a) Sleepwalk.
(b) Have panic attacks.
(c) Throw things.
(d) Stop talking.

7. To whom is the boy attracted in Chapter 4?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Ann.
(c) Katie.
(d) Irene.

8. What does the boy realize about his mother after the onset of her depression?
(a) She had been in love with someone other than his father.
(b) He doesn't trust his mother.
(c) She was involved in Eddie's death.
(d) She is faking her depression.

9. By the end of Chapter 6, how many of the boy's parents' children live at home?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. The man with the baby sock said he would stop traveling on the bus after what happens?
(a) After he finds the other sock.
(b) After he reaches his destination.
(c) After he finds the owner of the sock.
(d) After he runs out of bus money.

11. When do the boy's parents meet?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

12. To whom does the baby sock belong?
(a) The man's sister.
(b) No one knows.
(c) The man's niece.
(d) The man's daughter.

13. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that someone will be punished for it.
(b) So that he can sleep at night.
(c) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(d) So that the boy's mother is happy again.

14. Who does Larry meet on his way home from Grianan?
(a) The boy's grandfather.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Sergeant Burke.
(d) The devil-woman.

15. How does his mother's body change after what happens to her in 1968?
(a) She loses the ability to speak.
(b) She loses her hearing.
(c) She loses a limb.
(d) She goes blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claire's last expression?

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

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

4. In what year does the boy enter university?

5. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?

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