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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of their father's three church services is Frank's and Jake's favorite?
(a) The service in Fosburg.
(b) The service in Cadbury.
(c) The service in Minneapolis.
(d) The service in New Bremen.

2. What does Tyler Klement do for work?
(a) He owns a construction company.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He is a dogcatcher.
(d) He runs an engine repair business.

3. When Father Peter tells Nathan the reasons for the townspeople's negative feelings about Ruth's role as the minister's wife, what three reasons does he give?
(a) Ruth smokes, swears, and wears short skirts to church services.
(b) Ruth smokes, drinks, and shuns the activities of the Women's Society of Christian Service.
(c) Ruth frequently skips church, does not invite families to her home, and does not provide donuts after church services.
(d) Ruth drinks, swears, and does not make weekly visits to the different families' homes.

4. Who first breaks the silence about the dead man on the tracks?
(a) Jake.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Warren Redstone.
(d) Frank.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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 lies at the end of a winding road that has been the scene of many pedestrian fatalities.
(c) Because the quarry is a frequent hangout for the town's delinquents.
(d) Because there is a No Trespassing sign there and there is still dangerous machinery at the bottom of the swimming hole.

9. 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) Ruth.
(b) Jake.
(c) Karl.
(d) Ariel.

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

11. 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) Frank.
(d) One of the firemen who arrive at the scene.

12. What two queries does Frank make of Karl during the ride in the Triumph?
(a) He asks whether Karl wants to go to Hollywood someday and whether he wants to be a celebrity or not.
(b) He asks if Karl loves his mother and if he thinks she will make a good mother-in-law for Ariel.
(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. What kind of animal does Officer Doyle blow up with the M-80 firecracker?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A bullfrog.
(c) A salamander.
(d) A seagull.

14. Where is the private hospital located where Emil goes to recuperate?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Minnetonka.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) The Twin Cities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person to give a eulogy at Bobby's funeral?

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

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

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

5. To whom does Jake think Frank should apologize and why?

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