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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David's grandfather give David to take on his ride?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A water flask.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A bow and some arrows.

2. What does David say when he intervenes in Gail's questioning of Marie?
(a) Gail is being nosy.
(b) Marie is too ill to talk.
(c) Marie has already given him the answers to Gail’s questions.
(d) Gail should be more gentle.

3. Who is Ronnie?
(a) Marie's son.
(b) Gail’s brother.
(c) David's cousin.
(d) Marie's boyfriend.

4. What does Gail worry about concerning David?
(a) His tendency to get bullied.
(b) His tendency to tire easily.
(c) His soul.
(d) His fragile health.

5. What does Julian say happened when Frank was barely a teenager?
(a) He wanted to marry an Indian girl.
(b) He was caught with an Indian girl.
(c) He almost died from influenza.
(d) He ran away with an Indian girl.

6. What does David remember about Gloria caring for him when he was ill?
(a) She ignored him.
(b) She tended him carefully.
(c) She was insensitive to him.
(d) She was impatient about his slow recovery.

7. What does David think when he sees his grandfather waiting on the porch?
(a) Julian seems as though he knows nothing yet about Frank.
(b) Julian seems old.
(c) Julian will never allow anything to happen to Frank.
(d) Julian seems like a stranger.

8. Where would Gail prefer to live?
(a) Back East.
(b) California.
(c) Washington, D. C.
(d) North Dakota.

9. What is Gail's response to David's intervention?
(a) She tells him to stay and help Marie sit up.
(b) She tells him to leave the room.
(c) She tells David to go get his uncle.
(d) She tells him she will leave Marie alone.

10. Why is David sad at the dinner table?
(a) He's thinking about moving to North Dakota.
(b) He's thinking about Frank's crimes.
(c) He's thinking about his grandfather's illness.
(d) He's thinking about his father’s difficult life.

11. According to David, who else probably saw Frank?
(a) Len.
(b) Gloria.
(c) George.
(d) Gail.

12. What is one activity David does at his grandparents' farm?
(a) Whittle.
(b) Plow.
(c) Fish.
(d) Milk cows.

13. What does Gail ask Marie when Gail goes in Marie's room?
(a) If David seems sick, also.
(b) If Marie will go to the hospital.
(c) If Marie wants her boyfriend notified.
(d) How long Marie has been sick.

14. According to David, who will be called in if Marie needs a doctor?
(a) A new doctor in town.
(b) A specialist from a nearby town.
(c) The old cavalry doctor.
(d) His Uncle Frank.

15. What has David's grandmother told him that makes it difficult for David to sleep the night of Marie's death?
(a) The dead do not remember the living.
(b) Marie's spirit may seek vengeance.
(c) A dead person's spirit remains in the area for a while.
(d) Whoever killed Marie may be back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nutty?

2. For whom does Wesley cheer at the picnic?

3. About what is Marie adamant when she talks with David?

4. Who is Frank?

5. How is Marie when David checks in on her when he gets home from the bowling alley?

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