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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What passages of scripture does the boy find intriguing?
(a) The ones about good and evil.
(b) The prophecies of revelation.
(c) The gospel parables.
(d) The law of the Old Testament.

2. What does Sergeant Burke suggest to the boy as he gives him a ride home?
(a) That Eddie was involved in something dangerous before his disappearance.
(b) That the boy's father doesn't know what really happened to Eddie.
(c) That the boy's father is responsible for Eddie's disappearance.
(d) That Eddie was killed.

3. What happens two days before the boy visits his parents in Chapter 6?
(a) His mother dies.
(b) A soldier is shot dead on their doorstep.
(c) The town gets snowed in.
(d) The story of Eddie's death becomes public.

4. After his mother tells him much of the story of Eddie's death at the end of Chapter 5, why is the boy still hurt?
(a) She lies.
(b) He doesn't understand the full story.
(c) She does not tell him everything.
(d) He thinks his mother does not know the truth.

5. When do Eddie's parents die?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?

2. When the boy encounters Crazy Joe in Chapter 5, what does Crazy Joe ask him to do?

3. Why does the boy not tell his mother everything he knows about Eddie's death?

4. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?

5. What does Crazy Joe say Larry's mysterious woman turns into?

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