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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose conversation does Frank overhear when he is hiding behind the stage at the theater?
(a) Ruth's and Nathan's.
(b) Jake's and Ariel's.
(c) Nathan's and Gus'.
(d) Ruth's and Emil's.

3. Why are Frank and Jake not technically allowed by their parents to swim at the old quarry?
(a) Because the quarry is a frequent hangout for the town's delinquents.
(b) Because the quarry lies at the end of a winding road that has been the scene of many pedestrian fatalities.
(c) Because there is a No Trespassing sign there and there is still dangerous machinery at the bottom of the swimming hole.
(d) Because the cliffs the boys dive from are treacherous.

4. What object does Frank see sticking out of Danny's Uncle Warren's pocket?
(a) Ariel's necklace.
(b) Jake's rollerskate key.
(c) Skipper's photograph.
(d) Bobby Cole's eyeglasses.

5. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?
(a) Itinerant.
(b) Bum.
(c) Transient.
(d) Hobo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nathan reading that angers Ruth so much she storms off from the living room?

2. When Jake refers to the possible identity of Ariel's murderer, Frank realizes he has been in denial about the possibility of foul play in Ariel's death. Prior to this moment, what has Frank been thinking happened to Ariel?

3. Which of their father's three church services is Frank's and Jake's favorite?

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

5. What work does Ariel do for Emil Brandt in exchange for music tutelage?

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