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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 do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?
(a) Because Ariel always brings her boyfriend Karl to dinner.
(b) Because their father usually cooks and often they get to eat outside.
(c) Because their mother makes their favorite dinner: pot roast.
(d) Because that night Gus always comes to dinner.

2. When Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Russian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Scottish.

3. Why is Frank surprised when Officer Doyle asks him how he thinks the Minnesota Twins will do this year?
(a) Because the baseball season is over for the year.
(b) Because Frank hates baseball.
(c) Because adults rarely ask his opinion.
(d) Because he knows Officer Doyle hates sports.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first breaks the silence about the dead man on the tracks?

2. 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?

3. What circumstances led to Emil's blindness and facial scarring?

4. Who touches Lise and sends her into a screaming fit after Emil attempted suicide?

5. Why do Frank and Jake walk home from the jail instead of riding in their father's car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Frank feel about his older sister Ariel?

4. How does Nathan react to Father Peter's communication with him about the townspeople's problems with Ruth?

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

6. What are the reasons Officer Doyle gives for finding Bobby Cole's death suspicious?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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