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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. Who prevents Morris Engdahl from hurting Frank on the Fourth of July?
2. Who provides a ride for Ariel to get from the party to the bonfire site?
3. What is Nathan's reaction when Gus asks if Nathan would like some company after Ruth has left in anger over his choice of reading material?
4. In addition to the revelation about Ariel's pregnant state at the time of her death, what is the other reason the sheriff cites for Karl moving to the top of the murder suspect list?
5. Why does Frank find it odd that upon his return to the house from Sibley Park, Ruth and Gus are sitting at the kitchen table together?
Short Essay Questions
1. Besides the sheriff's mention of Morris Engdahl, what happens to prompt Frank to tell the sheriff about Morris Engdahl's dislike of Ariel?
2. How does Nathan's sermon affect Frank?
3. What are the differences in how each member of the Drum family feels about Karl's new status as a murder suspect?
4. What revelations does the sheriff communicate to Nathan when they meet in Nathan's office at the church and who becomes a suspect as a result of these revelations?
5. What elements of family life at the Drums' home drive Ruth to leave the family to stay elsewhere for a while?
6. What is the significance of how Frank spends the money he has been saving up from the yard work he does for his grandfather?
7. What secret does Karl finally reveal to Nathan that makes it fairly clear that he had no hand in Ariel's murder?
8. How does Warren Redstone play a role in the altercation between Frank and Morris Engdahl?
9. Why is Frank initially not very worried about Ariel when she does not return home the night of the Fourth of July?
10. How do the themes of racism and larger injustice surface in the aftermath of Ariel's disappearance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the novel's characters have war experiences in their pasts that significantly affect their futures. Choose three of these characters, analyze their relationships to war experiences, and state and prove the author's message about the nature of war.
Essay Topic 2
Within the epilogue, Frank states there "there is no such thing as a true event" (306). What does he mean and how do these words fit into the context of the novel's overarching themes?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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