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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. Upon what does the Anglican army chaplain say communism is based?
(a) Hate.
(b) Greed.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Pacifism.
2. In which class do the boys discuss the speech given by the army chaplain?
(a) History class.
(b) English class.
(c) Math class.
(d) Geography class.
3. What happens to the boy's mother in 1968?
(a) She goes insane.
(b) She suffers a stroke.
(c) She gets in an accident.
(d) She meets an old friend.
4. In what year does the novel conclude?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1973.
5. An army chaplain comes to the school to talk to the boys about what?
(a) The war.
(b) Enlisting.
(c) Communism.
(d) The plague.
Short Answer Questions
1. What eventually happens to Danno?
2. Why is the boy's mother afraid of her visitor?
3. What does the boy's mother do with the flower he gives her in Chapter 6?
4. What does the boy's mother say out-of-the-blue while he is washing dishes with his father?
5. Where do the police help McIlhenny escape to after he was tipped off to the boy's grandfather in 1926?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sergeant Burke reveal about Eddie's death and Tony's involvement?
2. How does the boy conclude that it was his mother who tipped off McIlhenny?
3. How is the boy's mother's interpretation of the story of Sean and the baby sock a reflection on her own relationship with Tony McIlhenny and her role in Eddie's murder?
4. What does the boy's mother say that upsets Katie?
5. Why does Katie's family refuse to attend Meave's wedding?
6. Why does the boy's evening with Irene prove to be a disappointment?
7. Who is Danno Bredin?
8. What scripture passages does the boy enjoy reading, but why do they trouble him?
9. What does the boy believe about his loyalties to his parents as he sets off to college?
10. What does Crazy Joe know about the mystery surrounding Eddie's death?
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