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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 like a stranger.
(c) Julian will never allow anything to happen to Frank.
(d) Julian seems old.

4. 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.

5. Upon what does Marie insist when Frank is there?
(a) Frank promising to see her cousin who is also ill.
(b) Gail being in the room when Frank examines her.
(c) Gail giving Frank payment for her treatment.
(d) Frank giving Marie medicine for her niece who is also ill.

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

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

8. Under what circumstances is a coyote hard to find according to Marie?
(a) When the coyote has pups
(b) When you are looking for the coyote.
(c) When it's mating season.
(d) When the sun is high overhead.

9. With whom was David fishing on a certain Monday?
(a) Frank.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Julian.
(d) George Cahill.

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

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

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

13. Why is Wesley driving out to the reservation?
(a) To ask some more questions about Frank
(b) To find another housekeeper.
(c) To tell Marie's mother about Marie's death.
(d) To see if he sees Frank's car is there.

14. What has Ollie Young Bear accomplished that is unusual for an Indian of that era?
(a) Served in the House of Representatives.
(b) Graduated from college.
(c) Served in the military.
(d) Published several books

15. Who is Frank?
(a) David's older brother.
(b) Marie's boyfriend.
(c) David's uncle and a well-known doctor in the community.
(d) The minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian say about Frank and the reservation?

2. What does Wesley begin investigating the day after Frank visits Marie?

3. What does Gail say about the winds of Montana?

4. What does Gloria talk about at the dinner table?

5. For whom does Wesley cheer at the picnic?

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