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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian order Wesley to do?
(a) Call in an impartial investigator.
(b) Let Frank escape.
(c) Stop the investigation.
(d) Let Julian handle the investigation.

2. Of what does Julian accuse Wesley concerning Frank?
(a) Being overzealous.
(b) Being jealous.
(c) Being spiteful.
(d) Being hateful.

3. Who comes running to David's house after hearing a gunshot?
(a) Wesley.
(b) Frank.
(c) No one.
(d) Len.

4. How does Wesley feel about what happened in Montana?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Sad.
(d) Philosophical.

5. Why is David inside his home when Frank arrives on Thursday?
(a) It's raining.
(b) He is helping his mother.
(c) He has a cold.
(d) He is doing homework.

6. What does Enid propose as a defense of the accusations of sexual assault against Frank?
(a) The girls were compliant.
(b) Frank is mentally unbalanced,
(c) The girls he examined did not understand how a doctor works.
(d) The girls were trying to have babies with a white man.

7. What did Mel Paddock think when Wesley gave him the name of the suspect?
(a) Paddock was sad for Wesley.
(b) Paddock was stunned
(c) Paddock was not given the name.
(d) Paddock was not surprised.

8. When does David's family leave Montana?
(a) That winter.
(b) After the school term.
(c) Early Spring.
(d) Right after Frank's burial.

9. What does Frank say he did not want?
(a) To be paraded in front of the courthouse staff.
(b) To see his parents.
(c) To go to prison.
(d) For Julian to know about the arrest.

10. What does David say his mother could not do in Montana?
(a) Deal with the web of lies.
(b) Hold her head up at work.
(c) See Gloria on the streets of the town.
(d) See Julian and Enid on the streets of the town.

11. What does David say he does not understand about his father's actions?
(a) Why his father goes down and talks for hours with Frank every night.
(b) Why his father won't talk to his grandparents anymore.
(c) Why his father is pursuing the case.
(d) Why his father seems so upset and yet won't let Frank go.

12. What does David notice later in the day outside the house?
(a) A pick-up truck keeps driving by the house.
(b) A group of people are standing outside the house.
(c) A truck pulls in and unloads Nutty.
(d) A Sheriff's car from another county pulls up in the driveway.

13. Why does David think his father has been crying?
(a) His eyes are red.
(b) He blows his nose.
(c) His voice is hoarse.
(d) His voice cracks when he says goodbye.

14. Where do Frank and Wesley go after Frank talks to David?
(a) The basement.
(b) To the Sheriff’s office.
(c) In the back yard.
(d) To the back porch.

15. What did David think would happen eventually after Frank's death?
(a) Everything would return to how it was before Frank died.
(b) He was not sure.
(c) Julian would forgive Wesley.
(d) Julian would never speak to Wesley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wesley tell Gail when she arrives?

2. What reason is given to the public for Frank's death?

3. What does Wesley tell David to do if there is any trouble while Wesley is gone?

4. What does David seem confident about concerning Clarence's knowledge?

5. What does David say is a result of keeping secrets?

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