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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. For what purpose does Nathan give Frank and Jake money when he goes to talk to Ruth?
(a) So they can buy ties before Ariel's funeral.
(b) So they can buy lunch for themselves on their way to Ariel's funeral.
(c) So they can get their shoes shined before Ariel's burial.
(d) So they can get haircuts before Ariel's visitation service.

2. What object does Ruth want Frank to put on Axel's windshield?
(a) A letter.
(b) A hundred dollar bill.
(c) A picture of Ariel.
(d) An old parking ticket.

3. Who provides a ride for Ariel to get from the party to the bonfire site?
(a) Karl.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Lise.

4. Jake asks Frank what they should do in order to deal with their grief and Frank says he has an idea but that Jake may not like it. What is Frank's idea?
(a) To build a pool in their grandfather's yard.
(b) To clean their grandfather's house from top to bottom.
(c) To work in their grandfather's yard.
(d) To paint their grandfather's house.

5. Where does Nathan go after Ruth storms off in anger about what Nathan is reading?
(a) To Frank's and Jake's room.
(b) To the basement.
(c) To the church.
(d) To Gus' house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to foil Frank's plan to find out what happens during the conversation between Ruth and Nathan?

2. When the sheriff calls Frank onto the porch and asks him a series of questions, about whom are the questions?

3. What behavior does Ruth exhibit that lets Frank and Jake know how upset she is and truly frightens them as a result?

4. What evidence of Warren Redstone's guilt do the police find when they search the O'Keefes' basement where he has been staying?

5. What simile does Gus use to describe Nathan's reaction to Ariel's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first action Frank takes when he gets home as a result of listening to Nathan's sermon?

2. What causes Ruth to get less and less hopeful about Ariel's safe return as phone calls continue to stream into their home?

3. Why is Frank initially not very worried about Ariel when she does not return home the night of the Fourth of July?

4. What is the cause of Lise's heightened anxiety and frantic behavior when Nathan goes to Emil's house to talk to Ruth?

5. What, if any, clues do Karl, Frank, Jake, the sheriff, and Officer Doyle find when they get to Sibley Park, the site of the bonfire party?

6. What secret does Karl finally reveal to Nathan that makes it fairly clear that he had no hand in Ariel's murder?

7. Besides the sheriff's mention of Morris Engdahl, what happens to prompt Frank to tell the sheriff about Morris Engdahl's dislike of Ariel?

8. What timeline does Karl present when he is questioned by the police?

9. What is the significance of how Frank spends the money he has been saving up from the yard work he does for his grandfather?

10. Why is it ironic that Ruth refuses to attend the New Bremen church service at which Nathan preaches right after Ariel's dead body is found?

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