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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dave tell Dixie Lee a few days later?
(a) Dave thinks he has a good lead and is heading to Montana.
(b) Dave believes Dixie Lee is the murderer.
(c) He cannot help him anymore.
(d) Dave wants to know more of the financial status of Dixie's company.

2. Why does Dave keep Alafair home from school?
(a) It's a school holiday.
(b) She is not feeling well.
(c) He is fearful that something could happen to her.
(d) She is suspended for a day from school.

3. What does Dave believe about the person he asks for company?
(a) That she is involved in the murder case.
(b) That he is a smalltime pimp.
(c) That she is a smalltime pimp.
(d) That he is involved in the murder case.

4. What happens after Dave has been in jail for three weeks?
(a) He is moved to the trustee dormitory.
(b) He goes to trial.
(c) He gets a loan approved and is able to post his bond.
(d) He is let go as the charges are dropped.

5. Why does Purcel go to South America?
(a) He was a missionary to an Amazon tribe.
(b) He could live more cheaply there after retirement.
(c) He killed a government witness.
(d) He falls in love with a woman from Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alafair staying while Dave is in jail?

2. Why does Dave go to the courthouse?

3. Why does Dave decide to go to Montana?

4. Who is Cletus Purcel?

5. How does Dave react to Dixie Lee contacting Sally?

(see the answer key)

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