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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What circumstances led to Emil's blindness and facial scarring?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) A fire.
(c) A bar fight.
(d) War wounds.

3. What song does Ruth Drum sing at Bobby's funeral?
(a) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(b) Ordinary Grace.
(c) Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
(d) Amazing Grace.

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

5. 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 Franks should apologize to Karl so that both he and Jake will still be offered rides in Karl's sports car.
(c) He thinks Frank should apologize to Morris so that neither he nor Jake will be beat up.
(d) He thinks Frank should apologize to Nathan so that neither he nor Jake will be grounded again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?

2. Why is the new Bremen bank a source of fascination for Frank?

3. What difficult task does Lise assign to Frank and Jake when the three are gardening together?

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

5. When Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?

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