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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Officer Doyle, Gus, and Frank pass by the Emil Brandt's house in Officer Doyle's Studebaker, who is sitting on the porch with Emil?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Jake.
(d) Karl.

2. Where does Frank first spot Morris Engdahl on the grounds of the celebration?
(a) At the cotton candy vendor.
(b) Outside of the beer tent.
(c) At the Ring Toss.
(d) Behind the bandstand stage.

3. What prompts Ruth to bring food to the Klements' house?
(a) Travis Klement is rumored to be ill.
(b) Peter Klement tells Ruth he goes hungry much of the time.
(c) She feels guilty for the way she has been treating Ruth as of late.
(d) Amelia Klement does not show up to church.

4. What reason does Warren Redstone cite for the 1862 attack on the white settlers by the Sioux tribe?
(a) Because the Sioux were starving and had been denied food promised them in a treaty.
(b) Because the Sioux had discovered the white settlers' use of smallpox-infected blankets to kill their tribe members.
(c) Because the white settlers had attacked the Sioux first.
(d) Because the Sioux realized that the white settlers wanted to own land the Sioux had occupied for centuries.

5. What is Nathan's reaction when Gus asks if Nathan would like some company after Ruth has left in anger over his choice of reading material?
(a) He welcomes Gus' company.
(b) He reluctantly accepts Gus' company.
(c) He says that Gus can stay but that he does not want to talk.
(d) He tells Gus to go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Who first breaks the silence about the dead man on the tracks?

5. What is found in the pocket of Skipper's dead body?

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