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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth do while Nathan is at the funeral home making the arrangements for Ariel's funeral service?
(a) She sits in her bedroom and cries.
(b) She sits in the basement with all of the lights off.
(c) She sits on the porch in her housecoat and slippers, smoking cigarettes.
(d) She sits at the kitchen table, writing Ariel's eulogy.

2. What is found in the pocket of Skipper's dead body?
(a) A few buttons.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A photograph.
(d) $100 cash.

3. Why is the old stone quarry the boys' usual choice of swimming site when there are three possibilities in town?
(a) Because the public pool costs money and the country club is full of snobs.
(b) Because the country club requires membership and the public pool is too crowded.
(c) Because the quarry is the only swimming site with nice scenery.
(d) Because the creek is generally dried up this time of year and the public pool costs money.

4. Before Frank goes back home, he hears a strange sound. What does he finally realize is the source of this sound?
(a) Ruth's singing.
(b) Branches scraping against the window.
(c) Gus' screaming.
(d) Nathan's sobbing.

5. What physical imperfection does Ariel exhibit?
(a) She has a scar from a cleft lip surgery.
(b) She has a port wine stain across the right side of her face.
(c) She walks with a slight limp.
(d) She has 4 fingers on her right hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Bobby Cole killed?

3. After Frank, Jake, and Warren Redstone hear sirens and Frank yells, "Here! He's here!" (168), what does Warren Redstone say to Frank before running away?

4. How does Jake's suit shoulder get torn?

5. What is Nathan's reaction when Gus asks if Nathan would like some company after Ruth has left in anger over his choice of reading material?

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