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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the family is leaving for Bobby Cole's funeral, where does Frank go when he tells Jake to stay at home for a minute?
(a) He goes under the porch to pray for Bobby's soul.
(b) He goes next door in hopes of seeing Edna Sweeney doing yard work while scantily clad.
(c) He goes to tell Ariel that her boyfriend Karl has decided not to go to the funeral.
(d) He goes to take one last look at the railroad tracks where Bobby had been killed.

3. Why does Jake decide not to go to the fireworks stand with Frank, Gus, and Officer Doyle?
(a) He wants to stay and bake with Ariel.
(b) He and Frank are still technically grounded.
(c) He does not have money to buy fireworks.
(d) He says he has a bad feeling about it.

4. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?
(a) Because the Sioux were starving and had been denied food promised them in a treaty.
(b) Because the white settlers had attacked the Sioux first.
(c) Because the Sioux realized that the white settlers wanted to own land the Sioux had occupied for centuries.
(d) Because the Sioux had discovered the white settlers' use of smallpox-infected blankets to kill their tribe members.

5. Who first breaks the silence about the dead man on the tracks?
(a) Jake.
(b) Warren Redstone.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two queries does Frank make of Karl during the ride in the Triumph?

2. What war experience does Travis Klement have?

3. What is Nathan reading that angers Ruth so much she storms off from the living room?

4. What does Morris Engdahl offer as the alibi proving his innocence concerning Ariel's disappearance?

5. When Jake refers to the possible identity of Ariel's murderer, Frank realizes he has been in denial about the possibility of foul play in Ariel's death. Prior to this moment, what has Frank been thinking happened to Ariel?

(see the answer key)

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