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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year does the novel begin?
2. In Chapter 1, why doesn't the boy's mother want him to cross by the window at the top of the stairs?
3. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?
4. Who is the heroine of the novel the boy reads in the dark?
5. In Chapter 2, the boy remembers being trapped where?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Tony and what happened to him?
2. 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?
3. How can we see in Chapter 2 that the belief in the supernatural is a powerful force in Northern Ireland during this time?
4. What happens to Larry McLaughlin?
5. Why is the disappearance of Uncle Eddie such a mystery?
6. Describe Grianan.
7. How are superstitions introduced in Chapter 1?
8. Why is Una's death seen as an outlet for the boy's mother?
9. What memory does the boy have of an interaction between him and Crazy Joe?
10. What local belief surrounds the Field of the Disappeared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
If you were the boy narrator, would you have kept the information you found out about Eddie's death a secret? The boy narrator does not reveal to his mother what he knows; would you have done the same? What might have changed if the boy had told his mother what he knew?
Essay Topic 2
As the novel progresses, the mystery of Eddie's disappearance is pieced together by the boy narrator.
1. What does the boy learn about his family because of the family secret?
2. How has the boy's relationship with his parents changed as the secret has been revealed?
3. How has the boy's determination to find out the secret changed as the secret slowly becomes revealed?
Essay Topic 3
How does the historical context of Northern Ireland affect the story itself? How does it affect the characters and the mystery of Eddie's death? Why is it important to know the historical context to fully understand the novel?
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