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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What does David do frequently during the afternoon?
(a) Reads to Marie.
(b) Prays for Marie.
(c) Walks by Marie's room.
(d) Skips rocks.

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

6. Where does David's family live at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Brentrock, Montana.
(b) Missoula, Montana.
(c) Boise, Idaho.
(d) Fargo, North Dakota.

7. Who is Marie Little Soldier?
(a) David's grandparents' housekeeper.
(b) The country doctor’s nurse.
(c) A neighbor to David's family.
(d) The Shaman of the local Indian tribe.

8. What happens when David goes over to the table where Wesley and Ollie are speaking in the bowling alley?
(a) They stop talking.
(b) They invite David to join the conversation.
(c) They tell David about Frank.
(d) They keep talking.

9. What career does Gail wish that her husband had chosen?
(a) Judge.
(b) Rancher.
(c) College Professor.
(d) Lawyer.

10. From what job had Julian retired?
(a) Sheriff's office.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Shift supervisor.
(d) Mayor.

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

12. To whom is Ollie Young Bear married?
(a) Marie's sister.
(b) The tribe's midwife.
(c) No one.
(d) A white woman.

13. What does Frank promise Wesley?
(a) To move to another town away from the reservation.
(b) To tell Gloria the truth about the investigation.
(c) To take David hunting soon.
(d) To stop molesting Indian women.

14. What does Wesley say that he will buy Gail from Birdwell's Bee Farm?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) A new skillet.
(c) Honey.
(d) Flour.

15. What reservation section does the county include?
(a) Fort Laramie Indian Reservation.
(b) Fort Warren Indian Reservation.
(c) Black Rock Indian Reservation.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Frank?

2. What illness does David have while staying with Frank and Gloria one year?

3. What does Wesley question David about after David tells him about seeing Frank?

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

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

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