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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) She has fallen ill with influenza.
(c) Her son Peter has run away.
(d) Travis has forbade her from attending church.

2. Why are Frank and Jake unable to play with Danny when they go to find him at the O'Keefes' house?
(a) His mother is afraid he will be attacked if he goes outside.
(b) He has gone to stay with relatives.
(c) He is too sad to get out of bed.
(d) He is ill.

3. Who is the only person able to console Ruth during her wait for information about Ariel?
(a) Lise.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Jake.
(d) Emil.

4. Where is the private hospital located where Emil goes to recuperate?
(a) The Twin Cities.
(b) Minnetonka.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Minneapolis.

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 says that Gus can stay but that he does not want to talk.
(b) He welcomes Gus' company.
(c) He reluctantly accepts Gus' company.
(d) He tells Gus to go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ruth and Emil stop spending time together?

2. What promise does Nathan elicit from both Frank and Jake after his conversation with Ruth?

3. What game does Danny O'Keefe call to ask Frank and Jake to come over and play?

4. Why do Frank and Jake look forward to Saturday dinners at their house?

5. What word does Ruth instruct the family to use when talking about Skipper, the dead man the boys had found on the tracks?

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