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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Frank leaves Emil and Lise's house and goes to Warren Redstone's lean-to, who does he see there?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Officer Doyle.
(c) Gus.
(d) Warren Redstone.

2. Why does Jake want Frank to answer people's questions about the incident with Emil instead of answering himself?
(a) Because he cannot stop crying.
(b) Because he is so shaken by the incident that he does not know what to say.
(c) Because he still does not feel well.
(d) Because he is worried he will stutter.

3. Why are Frank and Jake forced to squeeze in next to Karl when he takes them for a ride in his Triumph sports car?
(a) Because the Triumph has no back seat.
(b) Because there are no seat belts in the back seat.
(c) Because the back seat is full of theater props.
(d) Because the back seats have been removed to make room for a speaker system.

4. Why do Frank and Jake walk home from the jail instead of riding in their father's car?
(a) Their father does not tell them why they have to walk home.
(b) Jake wants to go break out Morris' headlights before returning home.
(c) Frank wants to try peeping at their next door neighbor before returning home.
(d) Gus throws up in their father's backseat.

5. 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 disapproves of the content in comic books.
(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 sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.

6. When the family is leaving for Bobby Cole's funeral, where does Frank go when he tells Jake to stay at home for a minute?
(a) He goes under the porch to pray for Bobby's soul.
(b) He goes next door in hopes of seeing Edna Sweeney doing yard work while scantily clad.
(c) He goes to take one last look at the railroad tracks where Bobby had been killed.
(d) He goes to tell Ariel that her boyfriend Karl has decided not to go to the funeral.

7. What reason does Julie give for saying Emil's suicide attempt is fortunate?
(a) Because Ariel and Karl still have each other around for comfort.
(b) Because Emil's attempt allows Ruth to feel like a savior.
(c) Because Lise will have to move into an assisted care home and get the care she needs.
(d) Because Emil will get the psychological help he obviously needs.

8. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?
(a) July of 1961.
(b) January of 1967.
(c) January of 1961.
(d) July of 1969.

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

10. What circumstances led to Emil's blindness and facial scarring?
(a) A fire.
(b) War wounds.
(c) A boating accident.
(d) A bar fight.

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

12. What game does Danny O'Keefe call to ask Frank and Jake to come over and play?
(a) Operation.
(b) Risk.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Clue.

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

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

15. Who first tells Nathan that Emil has attempted suicide?
(a) Gus.
(b) Jake.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Ariel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frank and Jake always go after they are done with their grandfather's yard work?

2. Who stays with Lise at her house while Emil is in the hospital?

3. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?

4. What song does Ruth Drum sing at Bobby's funeral?

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

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