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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevents Morris Engdahl from hurting Frank on the Fourth of July?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Warren Redstone.
(d) Jake.

2. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?
(a) "Thank you."
(b) "Go away."
(c) "I'll die."
(d) "I'm fine."

3. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?
(a) Because the Sioux were starving and had been denied food promised them in a treaty.
(b) Because the Sioux realized that the white settlers wanted to own land the Sioux had occupied for centuries.
(c) Because the white settlers had attacked the Sioux first.
(d) Because the Sioux had discovered the white settlers' use of smallpox-infected blankets to kill their tribe members.

4. How was Bobby Cole killed?
(a) He was strangled.
(b) He was run over by a speeding train.
(c) He fell off a steep cliff.
(d) He drowned.

5. After the incident with Officer Doyle and the killing of the animal with the M-80, how does Frank feel about fireworks?
(a) He wants to buy them and give them to Karl so an older person can set them off and Frank can just watch.
(b) He is afraid of them and empathizes with his father's fear of them.
(c) He no longer wants to buy any with the money he has saved.
(d) He still loves them but sees now that they are dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jake want Frank to answer people's questions about the incident with Emil instead of answering himself?

2. Who fixes Jake's suit?

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

4. What object does Frank see sticking out of Danny's Uncle Warren's pocket?

5. Who finally convinces Lise to leave Emil's side at the hospital so Emil can be alone and get some much-needed rest?

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