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

2. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Gus.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Officer Doyle.

3. What is the punishment that Frank and Jake receive as a result of playing at the tracks?
(a) They are not allowed to leave the yard without permission from a parent for one week.
(b) They have to do Ariel's chores, as well as their own, for one week.
(c) They are not allowed to ride in Karl's sports car for one week.
(d) They are not allowed to use the phone for one week.

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

5. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?
(a) Because he thinks his father wishes they were doing homework instead.
(b) Because he thinks his father sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.
(c) Because he thinks his father wishes they were reading the set of encyclopedias in which he invested.
(d) Because he thinks his father disapproves of the content in comic books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stays with Lise at her house while Emil is in the hospital?

2. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?

3. 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?

4. Why is Frank surprised when Officer Doyle asks him how he thinks the Minnesota Twins will do this year?

5. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?

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