2. Where does Dave want to leave Alafair?
(a) Where she was staying while he was in jail.
(b) With the child protective services.
(c) At home with a babysitter.
(d) At a friend's house who lives in Canada.

3. Why does Dave think Mapes kills Vidrine?
(a) Mapes owes Vidrine a lot of money.
(b) Vidrine is blackmailing Mapes.
(c) Mapes thinks Vidrine is going to break and confess about the murder.
(d) Vidrine has an affair with Mapes's wife.

4. Who is Tex?
(a) The name Dave jokingly calls the doll he bought Alafair.
(b) Dave's brother.
(c) Appaloosa pony.
(d) What Alafair names the golden retriever.

5. Who visits Dave after he's been in jail for two weeks?
(a) Alafair.
(b) Sally Dio.
(c) Dixie Lee and Cletus Purcel.
(d) The DEA guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dave encounter Dixie Lee?

2. Who welcomes Dave into his home?

3. Why does Dan Nygurski contact Dave?

4. What does Dave do immediately upon his arrival in Montana?

5. Why is Dave thrown out of Sally Dio's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dave spend his time in jail?

2. With what crime is Dave charged and what does he realize as to why they are charging him?

3. What happens to Dave the day after his encounter with Mapes and Vidrine and do you think he is a responsible parent in that incident?

4. What does Nygurski say Sally Dio is doing?

5. Why is Dave moved in the jail and what does that say about Dave as a person?

6. How does Dave accidentally alert Mapes and Vidrine that he is looking into the fire at Dixie Lee's place? Why do you think the Sheriff allows this to happen?

7. Who is Nygurski; why does he visit Dave, and what does Dave tell him?

8. What does Dixie Lee do that is perhaps a typical manipulative action of an alcoholic?

9. Describe and evaluate the character, Dixie Lee.

10. What does Dave do to get himself thrown off Dio's property and is this a pattern of Dave's?

(see the answer keys)

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