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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Officer Doyle, Gus, and Frank pass by the Emil Brandt's house in Officer Doyle's Studebaker, who is sitting on the porch with Emil?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Karl.
(c) Jake.
(d) Ruth.

6. Where do Frank and Jake always go after they are done with their grandfather's yard work?
(a) Edna Sweeney's house.
(b) The railroad tracks.
(c) Halderson's Drug Store.
(d) The river.

7. What reason does Frank give for the Fourth of July being one of his favorite holidays?
(a) He gets to take the day off from his work at his grandfather's house.
(b) He likes the pies his mother makes.
(c) He likes the fireworks.
(d) He gets to spend time alone with his sister Ariel.

8. Who is the only person to give a eulogy at Bobby's funeral?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Frank.
(c) Officer Doyle.
(d) Gus.

9. Who touches Lise and sends her into a screaming fit after Emil attempted suicide?
(a) One of the policemen who arrive at the scene.
(b) Nathan.
(c) One of the firemen who arrive at the scene.
(d) Frank.

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

11. When Ruth gets angry at Julia's words, what physical attribute does Ruth mention in order to insult Julia?
(a) Freckles.
(b) Worry lines.
(c) Warts.
(d) Crow's feet.

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

13. What is the punishment that Frank and Jake receive as a result of playing at the tracks?
(a) They are not allowed to ride in Karl's sports car for one week.
(b) They are not allowed to leave the yard without permission from a parent for one week.
(c) They are not allowed to use the phone for one week.
(d) They have to do Ariel's chores, as well as their own, for one week.

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

15. What is the real reason for Amelia's absence from church?
(a) She has fallen ill with influenza.
(b) Her husband Travis has left her and her son Peter with visible bruises.
(c) Her son Peter has run away.
(d) Travis has forbade her from attending church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?

2. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?

3. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?

4. Which of their father's three church services is Frank's and Jake's favorite?

5. Why are Frank and Jake forced to squeeze in next to Karl when he takes them for a ride in his Triumph sports car?

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