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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Officer Doyle, Gus, and Frank pass by the Emil Brandt's house in Officer Doyle's Studebaker, who is sitting on the porch with Emil?
(a) Karl.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Jake.
(d) Ariel.

2. What two queries does Frank make of Karl during the ride in the Triumph?
(a) He asks if Karl loves Ariel and if he intends to marry her.
(b) He asks if Karl wants Ariel to attend Juilliard and what it is like to act in a play.
(c) He asks if Karl loves his mother and if he thinks she will make a good mother-in-law for Ariel.
(d) He asks whether Karl wants to go to Hollywood someday and whether he wants to be a celebrity or not.

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

4. Who is the only person to give a eulogy at Bobby's funeral?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Gus.
(c) Frank.
(d) Officer Doyle.

5. Where do Frank and Jake run to after seeing the dead body at the train tracks?
(a) Their house.
(b) Halderson's drug store.
(c) Their father's church.
(d) Emil Brandt's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are Frank and Jake not technically allowed by their parents to swim at the old quarry?

3. Who arrives at Emil and Lise's house moments after the firemen have left with Emil?

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

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

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