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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what direction does Alec search when he is looking for the steer he thinks Marker stole?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

2. How many dates has Vera had in the last ten years in Chapter 10?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. How many children does Marker have?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. When does Vera remember that she met the housepainter she dated for a time?
(a) 5 years after Stanley died.
(b) 4 years after Stanely died.
(c) 2 years after Stanley died.
(d) 3 years after Stanley died.

5. How many cattle are missing in Chapter 9?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

6. How does Alec keep busy while he waits for Vera and Daniel to arrive?
(a) Plays solitaire.
(b) Weeds the garden.
(c) Reads the paper.
(d) Fixes coffee.

7. Where was Billy Atkins working when Alec confronted him about teasing Alec's cousin Rose?
(a) Field.
(b) Gravel pit.
(c) Lake.
(d) Woods.

8. How did Alec's wife die?
(a) Fell down the second-story stairs.
(b) Fell down the basement stairs.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Drowned.

9. How old is Vera?
(a) 31.
(b) 33.
(c) 35.
(d) 36.

10. How old was Martha when she died?
(a) 42.
(b) 46.
(c) 44.
(d) 41.

11. During Alec's first job, how far did a half-breed fall to the river?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 55 feet.

12. What color shoes did Mr. Buckle want Vera to wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Navy.
(d) White.

13. In Chapter 7, what time does Daniel awake and find his grandfather watching him sleep?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

14. Who did Daniel say that he kept the stuff that was stolen for?
(a) Dave Baker.
(b) Tom Perkins.
(c) Lyle Gardiner.
(d) Mark Williams.

15. What grade did Vera finish in school?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the housepainter Vera dated for a time?

2. How old was Earl a a Dominion Day when Vera went after a grown-man who bothered her brother?

3. What does Alec pay his grandson to do in Chapter 7?

4. What does Daniel say that he and his friend Lyle drank that Lyle's mother hid under the kitchen sink?

5. What color toilet does Alec have in the bathroom in his house?

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