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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 that night Gus always comes to dinner.
(b) Because Ariel always brings her boyfriend Karl 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 prompts Gus and Morris to be thrown in jail?
(a) They get into a fistfight in the bar parking lot.
(b) They get caught drag racing.
(c) They get caught gambling at a poker game.
(d) They rob the local liquor store.

3. What does Frank say is intended to be the highlight of the Independence Day celebration in Luther Park?
(a) A piano concerto performed by Emil.
(b) The singing of the national anthem by Ruth.
(c) The chorale that Ariel had composed.
(d) The performance of a play written by Karl.

4. Why does Jake decide not to go to the fireworks stand with Frank, Gus, and Officer Doyle?
(a) He wants to stay and bake with Ariel.
(b) He does not have money to buy fireworks.
(c) He and Frank are still technically grounded.
(d) He says he has a bad feeling about it.

5. What topic is at the center of the large argument between Ariel and Ruth on the day of Ruth's chorale performance?
(a) Which of the two women knows Emil more thoroughly.
(b) Which of the two women is the better singer.
(c) Which of the two women is the better cook.
(d) Which of the two women is more ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in the pocket of Skipper's dead body?

2. What advice does Gus give to Jake when Jake feels guilty for swearing in front of the church?

3. What song does Ruth Drum sing at Bobby's funeral?

4. Whose vehicle do the boys see parked at the quarry when they arrive there?

5. When the family is leaving for Bobby Cole's funeral, where does Frank go when he tells Jake to stay at home for a minute?

(see the answer key)

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