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

2. Who touches Lise and sends her into a screaming fit after Emil attempted suicide?
(a) Nathan.
(b) One of the policemen who arrive at the scene.
(c) One of the firemen who arrive at the scene.
(d) Frank.

3. 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 sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.
(b) Because he thinks his father wishes they were reading the set of encyclopedias in which he invested.
(c) Because he thinks his father wishes they were doing homework instead.
(d) Because he thinks his father disapproves of the content in comic books.

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

5. What simile does Gus use to describe Nathan's reaction to Ariel's death?
(a) Like a thorn in a rose.
(b) Like a stranger in the night.
(c) Like a knife in the back.
(d) Like a punch in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Nathan and Gus finally find Travis Klement once they locate him?

2. What is the name that some people in town call Jake and that Frank calls him as well when he is angry?

3. Where does Frank first spot Morris Engdahl on the grounds of the celebration?

4. When Frank leaves Emil and Lise's house and goes to Warren Redstone's lean-to, who does he see there?

5. Who provides a ride for Ariel to get from the party to the bonfire site?

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