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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gail want to stay home?
(a) She doesn’t think it’s a good idea to leave Marie alone.
(b) She does not want to face Frank and Gloria.
(c) She does not want to argue with her mother-in-law about David's schooling.
(d) She is feeling ill.

2. What does Julian Hayden lead the town in doing?
(a) Doubling their food production.
(b) Working overtime in the factory.
(c) Having a picnic for veterans.
(d) Raising war bond money.

3. Why don't Gail and Wesley have more children?
(a) Gail wants to continue working.
(b) They can only afford one child.
(c) Gail had a difficult first pregnancy.
(d) Wesley is sterile.

4. How does David feel when he visits his grandparents' farm?
(a) He gets bored.
(b) He thinks it's hard work when he goes there.
(c) He does not like the way his grandfather yells at him.
(d) He greatly enjoys it.

5. Who is Nutty?
(a) David's horse.
(b) A goat at David's grandparents' farm.
(c) David's little sister.
(d) David’s cat.

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

7. What does David tell his mother about Marie?
(a) She was crying.
(b) She’s been staying in her room.
(c) She had an argument with her boyfriend.
(d) She told David to stay away from her.

8. Why does David believe Frank is disappointed in him?
(a) David prefers reading over things such as hunting.
(b) David does not play sports in school.
(c) David takes piano lessons.
(d) David does not want to be a doctor.

9. What does Gail learn concerning Marie's problem?
(a) Marie is starting to feel better.
(b) Marie has had this problem before.
(c) Marie has had this problem before.
(d) Marie is afraid she is going to die.

10. What does Wesley tell Gail and David after supper?
(a) To go to the reservation.
(b) To go to Missoula.
(c) To leave the house.
(d) To go see his parents.

11. What does Gail think is David's real problem?
(a) He does not have any confidence.
(b) He believes in his own abilities too much.
(c) He wants to grow up wild.
(d) He does not want to be a farmer.

12. What does David think Wesley believes about Frank?
(a) Frank is guilty of molesting Indian females.
(b) Frank drinks too much.
(c) Frank believes himself superior to Wesley.
(d) Frank is lying about something.

13. Why does the house seem quiet to David?
(a) Marie is not playing music.
(b) His younger brother is at a friend's house.
(c) His mother has gone to North Dakota.
(d) The pump wheel is not moving.

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

15. What does David believe he feels?
(a) Marie's tears.
(b) Marie's presence.
(c) Marie's anger.
(d) Marie's pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gail's response to David's intervention?

2. David lacks the courage to ask his mother about ________________situation.

3. Under what circumstances is a coyote hard to find according to Marie?

4. Where was Frank just before returning to Brentrock?

5. Whom does Wesley talk to when he calls Frank's house?

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