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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?
(a) Books.
(b) Cushions.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Flowers.

2. Where do Frank and Jake run to after seeing the dead body at the train tracks?
(a) Their house.
(b) Emil Brandt's house.
(c) Halderson's drug store.
(d) Their father's church.

3. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?
(a) July of 1969.
(b) July of 1961.
(c) January of 1967.
(d) January of 1961.

4. 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 next door in hopes of seeing Edna Sweeney doing yard work while scantily clad.
(b) He goes under the porch to pray for Bobby's soul.
(c) He goes to take one last look at the railroad tracks where Bobby had been killed.
(d) He goes to tell Ariel that her boyfriend Karl has decided not to go to the funeral.

5. How was Bobby Cole killed?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was strangled.
(c) He fell off a steep cliff.
(d) He was run over by a speeding train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jake decide not to go to the fireworks stand with Frank, Gus, and Officer Doyle?

2. Who stays with Lise at her house while Emil is in the hospital?

3. What song does Ruth Drum sing at Bobby's funeral?

4. What does Ruth believe is the true cause of Ariel's change of heart regarding Juilliard?

5. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?

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