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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 kind of animal does Officer Doyle blow up with the M-80 firecracker?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A salamander.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A bullfrog.

2. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?
(a) "Go away."
(b) "I'll die."
(c) "Thank you."
(d) "I'm fine."

3. What does Ruth believe is the true cause of Ariel's change of heart regarding Juilliard?
(a) Ariel's relationship with Karl.
(b) Ariel's fear of severe homesickness.
(c) Ariel's fear of failure.
(d) Ariel's admiration of Emil Brandt.

4. How was Bobby Cole killed?
(a) He fell off a steep cliff.
(b) He was run over by a speeding train.
(c) He was strangled.
(d) He drowned.

5. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?
(a) Because he thinks his father wishes they were doing homework instead.
(b) Because he thinks his father sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.
(c) Because he thinks his father wishes they were reading the set of encyclopedias in which he invested.
(d) Because he thinks his father disapproves of the content in comic books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?

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

3. What prompts Gus and Morris to be thrown in jail?

4. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?

5. Why is the old stone quarry the boys' usual choice of swimming site when there are three possibilities in town?

(see the answer key)

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