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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 is the old stone quarry the boys' usual choice of swimming site when there are three possibilities in town?
(a) Because the quarry is the only swimming site with nice scenery.
(b) Because the creek is generally dried up this time of year and the public pool costs money.
(c) Because the public pool costs money and the country club is full of snobs.
(d) Because the country club requires membership and the public pool is too crowded.

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

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

4. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?
(a) They adore her.
(b) They resent her status as their mother's favorite child.
(c) They feel they can never live up to her level of academic success.
(d) They are jealous of her musical ability.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank surprised when Officer Doyle asks him how he thinks the Minnesota Twins will do this year?

2. What kind of animal does Officer Doyle blow up with the M-80 firecracker?

3. Where do Nathan and Gus finally find Travis Klement once they locate him?

4. What river flows through the town of New Bremen?

5. With whom does Frank sit at the Cadbury church service when Jake stays home sick?

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 is revealed about the difference between Frank's and Jake's characters in the moment when they are invited by Gus and Officer Doyle to set off fireworks?

3. Why is it such a significant moment when Nathan tells his sons, Frank and Jake, about the first dead body he saw in the war?

4. What is the outcome of Nathan's and Gus' search for Travis Klement, the man they know to have beaten his wife and son?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What is significant about Nathan's query to the boys about whether Gus had been winning at poker?

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

10. How does Officer Doyle's search of Warren Redstone's lean-to sway the reader's opinion of Warren Redstone's character?

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