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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boy's father right before he retires?
(a) He dies.
(b) He suffers a heart attack.
(c) He reveals everything about Eddie's death.
(d) He goes missing.

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

3. What is his mother's response when the boy asks her what she wants for her birthday?
(a) She wants Tony to come back.
(b) She wants to move away.
(c) She wants to forget everything.
(d) She wants a new house.

4. What happens two days before the boy visits his parents in Chapter 6?
(a) The story of Eddie's death becomes public.
(b) His mother dies.
(c) A soldier is shot dead on their doorstep.
(d) The town gets snowed in.

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

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

7. In what year does the novel conclude?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

8. Why is the boy punished in 1954 by the Dean?
(a) Skipping the retreat.
(b) Cheating on the test.
(c) Not doing his homework.
(d) Badmouthing the teacher.

9. To what does Father Nugent compare murder?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Disobeying your parents.
(c) Hating your brother.
(d) Sex without love.

10. Who told the boy the story of the man with the baby sock?
(a) Crazy Joe.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Katie.

11. Who was McIlhenny involved with before he marries Katie?
(a) Bernadette.
(b) Brigid.
(c) Ena.
(d) The boy's mother.

12. What does the boy say is significant because of the mother's change?
(a) She can't hear the lies about Eddie any longer.
(b) Her secret is now locked inside of her.
(c) She is no longer depressed.
(d) Her mind won't linger on the secret of loving McIlhenny anymore.

13. What language does the boy use to his advantage because his parents do not understand it?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.

14. Who also visits the boy's parents as he is there in Chapter 6?
(a) Sergeant Burke.
(b) Crazy Joe.
(c) Tony.
(d) The dead soldier's father.

15. Who teaches the boy about sex?
(a) His mother.
(b) Brother Regan.
(c) Father Nugent.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crazy Joe reveal to the boy?

2. What advice does Crazy Joe give the boy in Chapter 6?

3. What eventually happens to Danno?

4. When does the boy's mother find out the truth about Eddie?

5. Why doesn't the girl return Jimmy's affection?

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