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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does Danny O'Keefe call to ask Frank and Jake to come over and play?
(a) Clue.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Risk.
(d) Operation.

2. Whose conversation does Frank overhear when he is hiding behind the stage at the theater?
(a) Jake's and Ariel's.
(b) Ruth's and Nathan's.
(c) Ruth's and Emil's.
(d) Nathan's and Gus'.

3. Who first tells Nathan that Emil has attempted suicide?
(a) Gus.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Jake.
(d) Ruth.

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

5. Why is the new Bremen bank a source of fascination for Frank?
(a) Because he wants to be a banker when he grows up.
(b) Because it had been robbed the year before and the crime had never been solved.
(c) Because it had been robbed by Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s.
(d) Because he has a crush on the bank teller.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What method does Emil use to attempt suicide?

3. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?

4. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?

5. How many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?

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