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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What difficult task does Lise assign to Frank and Jake when the three are gardening together?
(a) The fixing of a dilapidated fence.
(b) The spreading of a truckload of gravel.
(c) The pulling of a large patch of weeds.
(d) The moving of a large rock.

3. How does Jake's suit shoulder get torn?
(a) Frank tugs his sleeve to get him to hurry up.
(b) He tears it while jumping over a fence.
(c) He tears it on purpose to avoid having to go to Bobby's funeral.
(d) Ariel tears it while trying to adjust Jake's suit.

4. What prompts Gus and Morris to be thrown in jail?
(a) They get caught gambling at a poker game.
(b) They get into a fistfight in the bar parking lot.
(c) They rob the local liquor store.
(d) They get caught drag racing.

5. What reason does Frank give for the Fourth of July being one of his favorite holidays?
(a) He likes the fireworks.
(b) He likes the pies his mother makes.
(c) He gets to spend time alone with his sister Ariel.
(d) He gets to take the day off from his work at his grandfather's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstances led to Emil's blindness and facial scarring?

2. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?

3. What is the punishment that Frank and Jake receive as a result of playing at the tracks?

4. To whom does Jake think Frank should apologize and why?

5. When Father Peter tells Nathan the reasons for the townspeople's negative feelings about Ruth's role as the minister's wife, what three reasons does he give?

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