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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-39 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Gus' screaming.
(c) Branches scraping against the window.
(d) Nathan's sobbing.

3. Why does the Drum family go to Emil's and Lise's house after church services?
(a) Ruth says she wants to reconnect with Emil and Lise.
(b) Nathan says he wants to confront Emil about his recent behavior.
(c) Jake says he wants to dig up Lise's garden and help her start over.
(d) Frank says he wants to play chess with Emil.

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

5. What school is Ariel planning to attend after high school?
(a) New Bremen Community College.
(b) Juilliard.
(c) NYU.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank state as the reason he does not remember Ariel's funeral service?

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

3. When Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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