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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David say Brentrock contributed to the war effort?
(a) Food rations.
(b) Airplane parts factory.
(c) War supplies.
(d) Only a few men.

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

3. What is Dr. Hayden's diagnosis of Marie's illness?
(a) Scarlett fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Shingles.

4. Julian says Frank has always been partial to ___________________.
(a) Indian women.
(b) No one
(c) David.
(d) White women.

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

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

7. Where was Frank just before returning to Brentrock?
(a) In the military.
(b) On a long trip.
(c) His parents' home.
(d) At medical school.

8. Why does Wesley tell Gail and David what he did?
(a) He needs to enlist their help.
(b) He wants to be honest.
(c) He wants to question Marie.
(d) He wants to reassure them.

9. What does David think when Marie spends a great deal of time in her room?
(a) She is tired from caring for him.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is hiding from her ex-boyfriend.
(d) He has upset her.

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

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

12. According to David, what does Ollie never do?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Relaxes.
(c) Chats.
(d) Works.

13. What does Wesley offer Frank when he comes over to the house?
(a) A beer.
(b) To fix his roof.
(c) To fix Frank's oven.
(d) To fix his car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wesley tell Gail and David after supper?

2. Where does David's family live at the beginning of the novel?

3. Why does Wesley go around the picnic grounds and pick up trash?

4. What does Frank promise Wesley?

5. What does Wesley say that he will buy Gail from Birdwell's Bee Farm?

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