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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. What does Frank do when a bottle washes up on the beach?
(a) He looks inside of it.
(b) He puts it in his pocket.
(c) He tries to sink it.
(d) He ignores it.

2. After hearing the dog in the phone booth with Eric, what does Frank decide about dogs?
(a) They are out to get him.
(b) All of them are evil.
(c) All of them are not the problem.
(d) They only respond to humans.

3. What does Angus say after asking his son about killing animals in "Sacrifice Poles"?
(a) That Frank should be hospitalized.
(b) That Frank makes too many mistakes.
(c) That Frank should move out.
(d) That Frank needs to be watched.

4. What does Frank sit and think about in his bunker?
(a) His catapult.
(b) His bombs.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. In "The Snake Park," what does Frank take as an omen?
(a) The bombs not exploding.
(b) His father's absence.
(c) His fight with the buck.
(d) Eric's return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Frank holding onto when the search party for Esmeralda found him?

2. In "The Bomb Circle," what does Frank say about the people inside him?

3. Why does Frank put razors on the edges of a Frisbee?

4. What reason did Agnes give for leaving Angus?

5. Why does Angus walk with a stick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank wish Esmeralda died?

2. Why is Frank irritated by the bottle?

3. How does Frank try to contact Eric?

4. What does Frank say he worried about after killing Esmeralda?

5. How does Frank describe his decision to kill Esmeralda?

6. Why does Frank want his father's cordite?

7. What are Frank's sacrifice poles?

8. In "In the Bunker," what does Frank say about women and the sea?

9. What is Frank's accident?

10. How does Frank feel about his mother, Agnes?

(see the answer keys)

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