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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-39 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Karl apologizes to Nathan, for what transgression does he apologize?
(a) For not looking after Ariel more carefully the night of the bonfire.
(b) For not working harder to find Ariel's murderer.
(c) For having premarital sexual relations with Ariel.
(d) For not telling him about Ariel's affair with Emil.

2. What does Frank tell Nathan about his current feelings about Emil just before the Drums leave town?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He is jealous of the time Emil got to spend with Ariel.
(c) He feels sorry for him.
(d) He is afraid of him.

3. Jake asks Frank what they should do in order to deal with their grief and Frank says he has an idea but that Jake may not like it. What is Frank's idea?
(a) To paint their grandfather's house.
(b) To work in their grandfather's yard.
(c) To clean their grandfather's house from top to bottom.
(d) To build a pool in their grandfather's yard.

4. How many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. Who saves Frank from being bludgeoned to death at Lise's hand?
(a) Gus.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Jake.
(d) Emil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Frank goes back home, he hears a strange sound. What does he finally realize is the source of this sound?

2. Who is the only person to give a eulogy at Bobby's funeral?

3. What plan does Frank have in order to find out what is happening between Nathan and Ruth when Nathan goes to fetch her from Emil's house?

4. When Frank tells Nathan that he kind of wishes he did not know the truth, what does Nathan tell him that the playwright Aeschylus once wrote?

5. What reason does Frank give for the Fourth of July being one of his favorite holidays?

(see the answer key)

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