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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the boy's grandfather die?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) An accident.
(d) Old age.
2. What causes the priest to call off Larry McLaughlin's wedding?
(a) Larry has cheated on this soon-to-be wife.
(b) Larry has become insane.
(c) Larry doesn't want to get married.
(d) Larry isn't ready to get married.
3. Who tells the boy about the murder of 1921?
(a) Billy Mahon.
(b) Rory Hannaway.
(c) Neil McLaughlin.
(d) Brother Regan.
4. 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 hidden in the attic by his father.
(c) He is beaten by the police.
(d) He is taken to the jail for further interrogation.
5. After his parents die, Eddie leaves. Where does everyone think he went?
(a) He went to America.
(b) He went to Grianan.
(c) He skipped town with his girlfriend.
(d) He enlisted in the IRA.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
2. Which three males are attacked at the end of the chapter?
3. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?
4. Who is the real informer?
5. Where does the boy tell his father in Chapter 2 that he would like to go?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes the rat infestation mentioned in Chapter 3?
2. Why is Una's death seen as an outlet for the boy's mother?
3. Why is the boy narrator fond of Aunt Katie?
4. What happens to Larry McLaughlin?
5. Why does the boy throw a rock at Sergeant Burke's police car?
6. Why is the disappearance of Uncle Eddie such a mystery?
7. How can we see in Chapter 2 that the belief in the supernatural is a powerful force in Northern Ireland during this time?
8. When the boy's father takes him and his brother Liam out on the boat, what does his father reveal to them and why does it make the boy feel uncomfortable?
9. Describe the boy's relationship with his mother.
10. What does the boy's grandfather tell him right before he dies?
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