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

2. What is the name that some people in town call Jake and that Frank calls him as well when he is angry?
(a) Lash LaRue.
(b) Charlie McCarthy.
(c) Mister Greenjeans.
(d) Howdy Doody.

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

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

5. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?
(a) They are jealous of her musical ability.
(b) They adore her.
(c) They resent her status as their mother's favorite child.
(d) They feel they can never live up to her level of academic success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frank and Jake run to after seeing the dead body at the train tracks?

2. What prompts Ruth to bring food to the Klements' house?

3. What circumstances led to Emil's blindness and facial scarring?

4. What river flows through the town of New Bremen?

5. What is the punishment that Frank and Jake receive as a result of playing at the tracks?

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