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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. When Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?
(a) Russian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Welsh.

2. What object does Frank see sticking out of Danny's Uncle Warren's pocket?
(a) Ariel's necklace.
(b) Jake's rollerskate key.
(c) Bobby Cole's eyeglasses.
(d) Skipper's photograph.

3. What physical imperfection does Ariel exhibit?
(a) She has a port wine stain across the right side of her face.
(b) She has 4 fingers on her right hand.
(c) She walks with a slight limp.
(d) She has a scar from a cleft lip surgery.

4. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?
(a) Officer Doyle.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Gus.
(d) Nathan.

5. What prompts Ruth to bring food to the Klements' house?
(a) She feels guilty for the way she has been treating Ruth as of late.
(b) Travis Klement is rumored to be ill.
(c) Peter Klement tells Ruth he goes hungry much of the time.
(d) Amelia Klement does not show up to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?

2. Who first tells Nathan that Emil has attempted suicide?

3. Who touches Lise and sends her into a screaming fit after Emil attempted suicide?

4. What does Frank say is intended to be the highlight of the Independence Day celebration in Luther Park?

5. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene at the old rock quarry reveal themes of adolescent sexuality through Frank's character?

2. What causes Frank to abruptly run away from the Indian man and to drag Jake along with him?

3. During Gus' and Frank's conversation about Nathan's experiences in the war, what two sources of information does Gus warn Frank against heeding?

4. Why is it such a significant moment when Nathan tells his sons, Frank and Jake, about the first dead body he saw in the war?

5. What is the outcome of Nathan's and Gus' search for Travis Klement, the man they know to have beaten his wife and son?

6. What is the situation that results in Frank, Jake, and Nathan going to the jail in the middle of the night?

7. When Frank and Jake come upon the Indian man and the apparently lifeless man referred to as Skipper, the Indian man says, "Know what I like about railroad tracks? They're always there but they're always moving" (32). When Jake replies, "Just like a river" (32), why is Frank shocked at Jake's reply?

8. How does Officer Doyle's search of Warren Redstone's lean-to sway the reader's opinion of Warren Redstone's character?

9. What messages is the reader meant to absorb from the conversation between Frank and Warren Redstone in the O'Keefes' basement?

10. What happens within the conversation Frank overhears between Nathan and Emil after Emil's return from the private hospital?

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