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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Frank and Jake always go after they are done with their grandfather's yard work?
2. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?
3. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?
4. Where is the private hospital located where Emil goes to recuperate?
5. Who finally convinces Lise to leave Emil's side at the hospital so Emil can be alone and get some much-needed rest?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the scene at the old rock quarry reveal themes of adolescent sexuality through Frank's character?
2. 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?
3. Why is Frank so surprised when Officer Doyle asks him his opinion about this year's Minnesota Twins team and asks about his own experiences with baseball?
4. 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?
5. What causes Frank to abruptly run away from the Indian man and to drag Jake along with him?
6. How does Nathan react to Father Peter's communication with him about the townspeople's problems with Ruth?
7. What messages is the reader meant to absorb from the conversation between Frank and Warren Redstone in the O'Keefes' basement?
8. How does Officer Doyle's search of Warren Redstone's lean-to sway the reader's opinion of Warren Redstone's character?
9. How does Frank convince his dad to give him the tire iron for the boys' walk home from the jail and what do they subsequently do with it?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The socioeconomic status of the different families within New Bremen is a frequent focus of the novel's events. What messages is the author sending about wealth, success and prestige?
Essay Topic 2
A small-town Midwest town is an unexpected setting for a mystery novel. How does the setting influence and affect the mood, events, and milieu of the novel's narrative?
Essay Topic 3
How does the novel's title express its themes? Use three different scenes and related concrete details to prove your claim.
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