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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the back seat is full of theater props.
(c) Because there are no seat belts in the back seat.
(d) Because the back seats have been removed to make room for a speaker system.

2. 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 to take one last look at the railroad tracks where Bobby had been killed.
(c) He goes to tell Ariel that her boyfriend Karl has decided not to go to the funeral.
(d) He goes next door in hopes of seeing Edna Sweeney doing yard work while scantily clad.

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

4. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Books.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Cushions.

5. Who arrives at Emil and Lise's house moments after the firemen have left with Emil?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Karl.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Axel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the private hospital located where Emil goes to recuperate?

2. What is the real reason for Amelia's absence from church?

3. Why are Frank and Jake not technically allowed by their parents to swim at the old quarry?

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

5. Why is the old stone quarry the boys' usual choice of swimming site when there are three possibilities in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lengths has Gus gone to in order to make sure Nathan does not know of the card games he runs in the basement of the church?

2. What happens within the conversation Frank overhears between Nathan and Emil after Emil's return from the private hospital?

3. How is the character of Julia Brandt a foil to the character of Ruth Drum?

4. What is ironic about Lise's reaction to Frank's grabbing of her shoulder when they succeed in moving the huge rock in her garden?

5. What are the purposes of the Drum family's visit to Emil and Lise Brandt's house?

6. Where do Frank and Jake go just before Bobby Cole's funeral, and how does Jake's suit sleeve get ripped?

7. During Gus' and Frank's conversation about Nathan's experiences in the war, what two sources of information does Gus warn Frank against heeding?

8. What is the situation that results in Frank, Jake, and Nathan going to the jail in the middle of the night?

9. What causes Frank to abruptly run away from the Indian man and to drag Jake along with him?

10. What messages is the reader meant to absorb from the conversation between Frank and Warren Redstone in the O'Keefes' basement?

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