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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two words does Emil keep repeating once he returns home from the private hospital?
(a) "I'll die."
(b) "Go away."
(c) "Thank you."
(d) "I'm fine."

3. 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?
(a) He goes under the porch to pray for Bobby's soul.
(b) He goes to tell Ariel that her boyfriend Karl has decided not to go to the funeral.
(c) He goes to take one last look at the railroad tracks where Bobby had been killed.
(d) He goes next door in hopes of seeing Edna Sweeney doing yard work while scantily clad.

4. Where do Frank and Jake run to after seeing the dead body at the train tracks?
(a) Their house.
(b) Halderson's drug store.
(c) Their father's church.
(d) Emil Brandt's house.

5. Which of their father's three church services is Frank's and Jake's favorite?
(a) The service in Minneapolis.
(b) The service in New Bremen.
(c) The service in Cadbury.
(d) The service in Fosburg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Frank leaves Emil and Lise's house and goes to Warren Redstone's lean-to, who does he see there?

3. When Ariel suggests she may not attend Juilliard, what alternative does she present to her parents?

4. Who first tells Nathan that Emil has attempted suicide?

5. When Warren Redstone asks Frank what kind of name Drum is, what is Frank's reply?

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