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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. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?
(a) Transient.
(b) Hobo.
(c) Itinerant.
(d) Bum.

2. 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 he has a crush on the bank teller.
(d) Because it had been robbed by Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s.

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

4. What object does Frank see sticking out of Danny's Uncle Warren's pocket?
(a) Ariel's necklace.
(b) Jake's rollerskate key.
(c) Skipper's photograph.
(d) Bobby Cole's eyeglasses.

5. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?
(a) Because their mother makes their favorite dinner: pot roast.
(b) Because that night Gus always comes to dinner.
(c) Because Ariel always brings her boyfriend Karl to dinner.
(d) Because their father usually cooks and often they get to eat outside.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Nathan and Gus finally find Travis Klement once they locate him?

3. When Ariel suggests she may not attend Juilliard, what alternative does she present to her parents?

4. What is the name that some people in town call Jake and that Frank calls him as well when he is angry?

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

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