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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Len say prompted his drinking this time?
(a) He's not specific about the cause.
(b) He was upset about Frank.
(c) He is in debt.
(d) His wife was causing problem.

2. How is Marie when David checks in on her when he gets home from the bowling alley?
(a) She is very upset.
(b) She is feeling much better.
(c) She is in a lot of pain.
(d) She is asleep.

3. Why does David feel he needs to please Frank and Gloria?
(a) They are good to David's parents.
(b) They do not have a son of their own.
(c) They always try to include David in their family outings.
(d) They buy David school clothes which his parents cannot afford.

4. What does Wesley begin investigating the day after Frank visits Marie?
(a) A bank robbery.
(b) Frank's alleged sexual offenses.
(c) An alleged extortion ring.
(d) Complaints about missing livestock.

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

6. In what county does David's family live?
(a) Mercer.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Blackrock.
(d) Temple.

7. What is David's main goal when they get to his grandparents' home?
(a) To ride his horse.
(b) To observe his father and uncle together.
(c) To show his grandmother a new drawing David did.
(d) To go fishing.

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

9. Whom does Wesley talk to when he calls Frank's house?
(a) No one is home.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Frank.
(d) Frank's oldest child.

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

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

12. About what is Marie adamant when she talks with David?
(a) She does not want a doctor.
(b) She must see a Shaman.
(c) She will be better the next day.
(d) She must see her boyfriend.

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

14. Where does Frank meet Gloria?
(a) At a county fair in Montana.
(b) On an Indian reservation in South Dakota.
(c) When Frank is in medical school.
(d) At a rodeo in Idaho.

15. What illness does David have while staying with Frank and Gloria one year?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chickenpox.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Tonsillitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Marie spends much time and energy doing?

2. Why does the house seem quiet to David?

3. What does Julian Hayden lead the town in doing?

4. What had Ronnie done in the past?

5. Who is Nutty?

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