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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dave go to the courthouse?
(a) To research Desmarteau's criminal record.
(b) To file a restraining order.
(c) To learn if Purcel owns any land in the area.
(d) To find a connection between Dio, Dixie Lee, Mapes, and the Star Drilling Company.

2. What is the apparent cause of Darlene's death?
(a) Murder.
(b) Accidental fall.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Suicide.

3. What does Darlene suggest that Dave do?
(a) She has nothing to suggest.
(b) Ask to meet the Shaman off the Reservation.
(c) Stay away from the Reservation.
(d) Check things out at the Reservation.

4. How does Dave offend Darlene?
(a) He does not offend her.
(b) By his continued protests.
(c) By his belief that Purcel is involved in murder.
(d) By his badmouthing Purcel.

5. Who follows Dave when he drives back to town?
(a) Mapes.
(b) Clayton.
(c) Dixie Lee.
(d) Darlene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darlene tell Dave?

2. What does Dave learn when he picks up Alafair?

3. Who is Charlie?

4. What does Dave learn from Tess Reagan?

5. Who arrives and beats Charlie unconscious?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dave respond both analytically and emotionally to Darlene's death?

2. Why is Dave rushing to Cletus' home and what does he find?

3. How does Cletus save Dave's wife and do you think he and Dave are more alike than first seemed?

4. What event foreshadows a future event in the book?

5. What happens when Dave picks up Alafair at school and do you think the teacher and principal are justified in their response?

6. Why do you think Darlene's does not know much about the American Indian Movement, one of the most controversial and publicized Indian organizations, yet her last name (American Horse) suggests she is Native American?

7. What does Dave learn when he is riding to the Reservation on their bus and how might that affect his feelings towards Darlene?

8. Why does Dave go to the courthouse and what is the result?

9. What does the Coroner tell Dave and how does Dave know Darlene was probably raped before being murdered?

10. How is it obvious that Dave is starting to feel desperate?

(see the answer keys)

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