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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. What happens to foil Frank's plan to find out what happens during the conversation between Ruth and Nathan?
2. Why do Ruth and Emil stop spending time together?
3. When Warren Redstone asks Frank where his can of belongings is, what is Frank's reply?
4. Where does Nathan go after Ruth storms off in anger about what Nathan is reading?
5. After Frank, Jake, and Warren Redstone hear sirens and Frank yells, "Here! He's here!" (168), what does Warren Redstone say to Frank before running away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What secret does Karl finally reveal to Nathan that makes it fairly clear that he had no hand in Ariel's murder?
2. In what ways are the complicated nature of the grief cycle demonstrated to the reader through the experiences of Frank and Jake?
3. Who acts as the go-between, bringing news back and forth between the police station and the Drum family and how does this role fit the character's relationship to the family?
4. What revelations does the sheriff communicate to Nathan when they meet in Nathan's office at the church and who becomes a suspect as a result of these revelations?
5. What are the differences in how each member of the Drum family feels about Karl's new status as a murder suspect?
6. Why and how does Ruth lose the one person who has served as her comfort throughout the tragedy surrounding Ariel?
7. What is the cause of Lise's heightened anxiety and frantic behavior when Nathan goes to Emil's house to talk to Ruth?
8. What is the significance of how Frank spends the money he has been saving up from the yard work he does for his grandfather?
9. When Frank and Jake try to overhear yet another conversation at Emil's and Lise's house, their plan is thwarted. What is the cause of their plan failing?
10. How does Warren Redstone play a role in the altercation between Frank and Morris Engdahl?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the characters within the novel carry around various secrets, unduly burdening them and thus, the people who love them. What is the author's message regarding secrecy, deception, and catharsis?
Essay Topic 2
Krueger chooses to leave some mysteries in the novel unsolved for the reader, including Karl Brandt's death and Bobby Cole's death. Analyze the ambiguities within these two incidents and use your analysis to state the author's purpose in leaving some of the novel's mysteries unsolved.
Essay Topic 3
How does the novel's title express its themes? Use three different scenes and related concrete details to prove your claim.
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