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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tyler Klement do for work?
(a) He is a dogcatcher.
(b) He owns a construction company.
(c) He runs an engine repair business.
(d) He is unemployed.

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

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

4. What reason does Frank give for thinking his father might be disappointed to find Frank and Jake reading comic books?
(a) Because he thinks his father sees comic books as a waste of the boys' earned money.
(b) Because he thinks his father wishes they were reading the set of encyclopedias in which he invested.
(c) Because he thinks his father disapproves of the content in comic books.
(d) Because he thinks his father wishes they were doing homework instead.

5. How do Jake and Frank feel about their sister Ariel?
(a) They are jealous of her musical ability.
(b) They adore her.
(c) They resent her status as their mother's favorite child.
(d) They feel they can never live up to her level of academic success.

6. What reason does Frank give for the Fourth of July being one of his favorite holidays?
(a) He likes the fireworks.
(b) He gets to take the day off from his work at his grandfather's house.
(c) He likes the pies his mother makes.
(d) He gets to spend time alone with his sister Ariel.

7. Why does Jake want Frank to answer people's questions about the incident with Emil instead of answering himself?
(a) Because he is worried he will stutter.
(b) Because he is so shaken by the incident that he does not know what to say.
(c) Because he cannot stop crying.
(d) Because he still does not feel well.

8. Who touches Lise and sends her into a screaming fit after Emil attempted suicide?
(a) One of the firemen who arrive at the scene.
(b) One of the policemen who arrive at the scene.
(c) Frank.
(d) Nathan.

9. Why does Jake decide not to go to the fireworks stand with Frank, Gus, and Officer Doyle?
(a) He does not have money to buy fireworks.
(b) He says he has a bad feeling about it.
(c) He wants to stay and bake with Ariel.
(d) He and Frank are still technically grounded.

10. What river flows through the town of New Bremen?
(a) The Minnesota River.
(b) The New Bremen River.
(c) The Jewel River.
(d) The Snake River.

11. Though there is little furniture in Lise and Emil's home, what object is a prominent feature in every room?
(a) Books.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Cushions.

12. What method does Emil use to attempt suicide?
(a) Hanging.
(b) An overdose of aspirin.
(c) An overdose of pain medication.
(d) An overdose of sleeping pills.

13. After the incident with Officer Doyle and the killing of the animal with the M-80, how does Frank feel about fireworks?
(a) He wants to buy them and give them to Karl so an older person can set them off and Frank can just watch.
(b) He no longer wants to buy any with the money he has saved.
(c) He is afraid of them and empathizes with his father's fear of them.
(d) He still loves them but sees now that they are dangerous.

14. What kind of animal does Officer Doyle blow up with the M-80 firecracker?
(a) A bullfrog.
(b) A salamander.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A seagull.

15. Who is the only person to give a eulogy at Bobby's funeral?
(a) Frank.
(b) Officer Doyle.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Gus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Gus give to Jake when Jake feels guilty for swearing in front of the church?

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

3. What is the name that some people in town call Jake and that Frank calls him as well when he is angry?

4. Why are Frank and Jake not technically allowed by their parents to swim at the old quarry?

5. Whose vehicle do the boys see parked at the quarry when they arrive there?

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