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

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

3. According to Chapter 6, what was Tony's job before he disappeared?
(a) Train operator.
(b) Coal mine worker.
(c) Police inspector.
(d) Bus conductor.

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

5. When the boy encounters Crazy Joe in Chapter 5, what does Crazy Joe ask him to do?
(a) Walk him to the library.
(b) Sing him some songs.
(c) Show him the way to the park.
(d) Tell him about Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy say is significant because of the mother's change?

2. What does the boy write down in the exercise book?

3. How does his mother's body change after what happens to her in 1968?

4. To whom does the baby sock belong?

5. Why does the boy not tell his mother everything he knows about Eddie's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the boy again upset with his mother at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What causes the boy to realize his mother doesn't care what he reveals to anyone?

3. Why does the boy's evening with Irene prove to be a disappointment?

4. How does his mother's inability to speak because of her stroke affect her relationship with the boy?

5. Why does the boy narrator find it important to his relationship with his mother that he keep her secret?

6. What does the boy recall about "unconditional love"?

7. What is important about the boy's reading of the story of Eddie's death in Irish?

8. What information does the boy's mother find out after Sergeant Burke dies that makes her angry?

9. 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?

10. What scripture passages does the boy enjoy reading, but why do they trouble him?

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