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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue & Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jake's suit shoulder get torn?
(a) He tears it while jumping over a fence.
(b) Ariel tears it while trying to adjust Jake's suit.
(c) Frank tugs his sleeve to get him to hurry up.
(d) He tears it on purpose to avoid having to go to Bobby's funeral.

2. Where do Frank and Jake always go after they are done with their grandfather's yard work?
(a) Edna Sweeney's house.
(b) Halderson's Drug Store.
(c) The railroad tracks.
(d) The river.

3. Why is the new Bremen bank a source of fascination for Frank?
(a) Because it had been robbed by Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s.
(b) Because he has a crush on the bank teller.
(c) Because he wants to be a banker when he grows up.
(d) Because it had been robbed the year before and the crime had never been solved.

4. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?
(a) Transient.
(b) Itinerant.
(c) Hobo.
(d) Bum.

5. In what month and year does the narrator's story begin?
(a) January of 1961.
(b) July of 1961.
(c) July of 1969.
(d) January of 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?

2. What war experience does Travis Klement have?

3. What river flows through the town of New Bremen?

4. What work does Ariel do for Emil Brandt in exchange for music tutelage?

5. When the family is leaving for Bobby Cole's funeral, where does Frank go when he tells Jake to stay at home for a minute?

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