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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 method does Emil use to attempt suicide?
(a) An overdose of sleeping pills.
(b) An overdose of aspirin.
(c) An overdose of pain medication.
(d) Hanging.

2. To whom does Jake think Frank should apologize and why?
(a) He thinks Frank should apologize to Ariel to keep her from telling the boys' secrets to their parents.
(b) He thinks Frank should apologize to Nathan so that neither he nor Jake will be grounded again.
(c) He thinks Franks should apologize to Karl so that both he and Jake will still be offered rides in Karl's sports car.
(d) He thinks Frank should apologize to Morris so that neither he nor Jake will be beat up.

3. Who fixes Jake's suit?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Frank.
(d) Ruth.

4. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?
(a) Because the Sioux had discovered the white settlers' use of smallpox-infected blankets to kill their tribe members.
(b) Because the Sioux were starving and had been denied food promised them in a treaty.
(c) Because the white settlers had attacked the Sioux first.
(d) Because the Sioux realized that the white settlers wanted to own land the Sioux had occupied for centuries.

5. How old is Bobby when he is killed?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 22.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?

2. How does Jake's suit shoulder get torn?

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

4. Why are Frank and Jake forced to squeeze in next to Karl when he takes them for a ride in his Triumph sports car?

5. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?

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