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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue & Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is found in the pocket of Skipper's dead body?
(a) A few buttons.
(b) A photograph.
(c) $100 cash.
(d) A necklace.

3. Where do Nathan and Gus finally find Travis Klement once they locate him?
(a) In the attic of his own house.
(b) At the fire station.
(c) In the church basement.
(d) At a bar in Mankato.

4. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?
(a) Officer Doyle.
(b) Gus.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Ruth.

5. What prompts Gus and Morris to be thrown in jail?
(a) They get caught drag racing.
(b) They get caught gambling at a poker game.
(c) They get into a fistfight in the bar parking lot.
(d) They rob the local liquor store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first breaks the silence about the dead man on the tracks?

2. Which of their father's three church services is Frank's and Jake's favorite?

3. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?

4. What war experience does Travis Klement have?

5. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?

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