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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 many children do Axel and Julia Brandt have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. What work does Ariel do for Emil Brandt in exchange for music tutelage?
(a) She gardens in his yard.
(b) She transcribes for him.
(c) She paints portraits for him to sell.
(d) She cleans his house.

3. What is the real reason for Amelia's absence from church?
(a) Her husband Travis has left her and her son Peter with visible bruises.
(b) Her son Peter has run away.
(c) Travis has forbade her from attending church.
(d) She has fallen ill with influenza.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Nathan and Gus finally find Travis Klement once they locate him?

3. Who fixes Jake's suit?

4. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?

5. Who first voices the suspicion that Bobby Cole's death might have involved foul play?

(see the answer key)

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