2. Whose vehicle do the boys see parked at the quarry when they arrive there?
(a) Morris Engdahl's car.
(b) Nathan's car.
(c) Gus' motorcycle.
(d) Karl's car.

3. Why are Frank and Jake not technically allowed by their parents to swim at the old quarry?
(a) Because the cliffs the boys dive from are treacherous.
(b) Because the quarry is a frequent hangout for the town's delinquents.
(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 quarry lies at the end of a winding road that has been the scene of many pedestrian fatalities.

4. What prompts Ruth to bring food to the Klements' house?
(a) She feels guilty for the way she has been treating Ruth as of late.
(b) Travis Klement is rumored to be ill.
(c) Amelia Klement does not show up to church.
(d) Peter Klement tells Ruth he goes hungry much of the time.

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

6. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?
(a) Because the Sioux had discovered the white settlers' use of smallpox-infected blankets to kill their tribe members.
(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 were starving and had been denied food promised them in a treaty.

7. 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 wishes they were reading the set of encyclopedias in which he invested.
(b) Because he thinks his father sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.
(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.

8. When Ariel suggests she may not attend Juilliard, what alternative does she present to her parents?
(a) Staying at home to help her mother and father finish raising Frank and Jake.
(b) Getting married to Karl Brandt.
(c) Attending Yale University.
(d) Attending Mankato State and continuing to study with Emil Brandt.

9. What method does Emil use to attempt suicide?
(a) An overdose of sleeping pills.
(b) An overdose of pain medication.
(c) Hanging.
(d) An overdose of aspirin.

10. Who fixes Jake's suit?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Frank.

11. With whom does Frank sit at the Cadbury church service when Jake stays home sick?
(a) Peter Klement.
(b) Gus.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Officer Doyle.

12. What two queries does Frank make of Karl during the ride in the Triumph?
(a) He asks if Karl loves his mother and if he thinks she will make a good mother-in-law for Ariel.
(b) He asks whether Karl wants to go to Hollywood someday and whether he wants to be a celebrity or not.
(c) He asks if Karl wants Ariel to attend Juilliard and what it is like to act in a play.
(d) He asks if Karl loves Ariel and if he intends to marry her.

13. Why is the new Bremen bank a source of fascination for Frank?
(a) Because he wants to be a banker when he grows up.
(b) Because it had been robbed the year before and the crime had never been solved.
(c) Because it had been robbed by Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s.
(d) Because he has a crush on the bank teller.

14. How many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. How old is Bobby when he is killed?
(a) 8.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 22.