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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Boston.
2. Who also visits the boy's parents as he is there in Chapter 6?
(a) The dead soldier's father.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Tony.
(d) Sergeant Burke.
3. To whom does the baby sock belong?
(a) The man's niece.
(b) The man's daughter.
(c) The man's sister.
(d) No one knows.
4. What does the boy's mother do with the flower he gives her in Chapter 6?
(a) She throws it away.
(b) She destroys it.
(c) She eats it.
(d) She puts it in a vase in the window.
5. Why does Sergeant Burke want the situation with Eddie's death cleared up?
(a) So that the children will not be poisoned by it.
(b) So that he can sleep at night.
(c) So that someone will be punished for it.
(d) So that the boy's mother is happy again.
6. The boy's mother's depression causes her to do what?
(a) Stop talking.
(b) Throw things.
(c) Sleepwalk.
(d) Have panic attacks.
7. What happens to the boy's mother after she stops taking the medicine?
(a) She becomes healthier.
(b) Her state of mind improves.
(c) She becomes suicidal.
(d) She loses her memory.
8. 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.
9. Who does Larry meet on his way home from Grianan?
(a) Sergeant Burke.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) The boy's grandfather.
(d) The devil-woman.
10. What does the boy conclude about his mother during Chapter 5?
(a) She always knew about Eddie's death.
(b) She didn't really like Tony.
(c) She always knew McIlhenny was an informer.
(d) She was always insane.
11. Who was Jimmy in love with?
(a) Ann.
(b) Irene.
(c) Claire.
(d) Katie.
12. When do the boy's parents meet?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.
13. Who is Danno Bredin?
(a) Jimmy's brother.
(b) The boy's friend.
(c) Young man in the navy.
(d) Claire's father.
14. From whom does the boy's mother warn him to stay away in Chapter 6?
(a) The priests.
(b) His uncles.
(c) Crazy Joe.
(d) The police.
15. On the day the boy earns his degree from university, when does he arrive home to tell the family?
(a) Early.
(b) He didn't get the chance to tell them.
(c) Late.
(d) On time.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the boy's father right before he retires?
2. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?
3. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
4. What does Katie's sister tell her that upsets her?
5. After the boy's mother develops depression, what does she begin to have visions of?
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