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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 is the real reason for Amelia's absence from church?
(a) Travis has forbade her from attending church.
(b) Her son Peter has run away.
(c) She has fallen ill with influenza.
(d) Her husband Travis has left her and her son Peter with visible bruises.

2. What prompts Ruth to bring food to the Klements' house?
(a) Travis Klement is rumored to be ill.
(b) Amelia Klement does not show up to church.
(c) She feels guilty for the way she has been treating Ruth as of late.
(d) Peter Klement tells Ruth he goes hungry much of the time.

3. Where do Frank and Jake always go after they are done with their grandfather's yard work?
(a) The railroad tracks.
(b) Halderson's Drug Store.
(c) Edna Sweeney's house.
(d) The river.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic is at the center of the large argument between Ariel and Ruth on the day of Ruth's chorale performance?

2. 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?

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

4. How old is Bobby when he is killed?

5. What object does Frank see sticking out of Danny's Uncle Warren's pocket?

(see the answer key)

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