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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wesley point out to David when Wesley calls him outside?
(a) A hole in the fence.
(b) Weeds in the garden
(c) Peeling paint.
(d) Broken handrail on the porch.

2. For whom does David cry that night in bed?
(a) Nutty.
(b) Frank.
(c) His father.
(d) Marie.

3. What does David notice about his father?
(a) He has been crying.
(b) He is determined to do the right thing.
(c) He seems lost.
(d) He is very angry.

4. For what crime does Wesley say there is evidence that Frank committed?
(a) The murder of Marie.
(b) The murder of an eyewitness.
(c) The rape of two Indian girls.
(d) Murdering countless Indian patients.

5. What does David think when he is at Nash's Grocery Store?
(a) He should buy his uncle something good to eat.
(b) He is tired of Frank making things hard for David and his parents.
(c) He may never see Nash's again.
(d) People are looking at him.

6. What does David say his mother could not do in Montana?
(a) See Julian and Enid on the streets of the town.
(b) Hold her head up at work.
(c) Deal with the web of lies.
(d) See Gloria on the streets of the town.

7. What does Julian order Wesley to do?
(a) Let Frank escape.
(b) Call in an impartial investigator.
(c) Stop the investigation.
(d) Let Julian handle the investigation.

8. What does Wesley do as he comes into the kitchen?
(a) Drinks a glass of whiskey.
(b) Begins to cry.
(c) Tells David to go to George's house
(d) Speaks to Gail.

9. What question does Len ask Wesley for which Wesley doesn’t know the answer?
(a) If Wesley is ready to resign as Sheriff.
(b) How Julian got into Wesley's house the night before.
(c) How Frank murdered Marie.
(d) Why Frank would possibly think murdering Marie would go unchallenged.

10. What motivates David to go downstairs?
(a) Loud voices.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Doorbell.
(d) Gunshot.

11. How does David feel about their life in North Dakota that first winter?
(a) It's better than the one he had in Montana.
(b) It's dull.
(c) It's exciting.
(d) It's not bad.

12. Why does Gail take Enid to the kitchen?
(a) To ask Enid’s advice.
(b) To keep Enid from hearing Wesley.
(c) To comfort Enid.
(d) To keep Julian's reaction from upsetting Enid.

13. What did Mel Paddock think when Wesley gave him the name of the suspect?
(a) Paddock was sad for Wesley.
(b) Paddock was not surprised.
(c) Paddock was not given the name.
(d) Paddock was stunned

14. What has David done while Wesley and Frank are talking?
(a) Labeled the butterflies.
(b) Fed the ants in his ant farm.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Finished his homework.

15. What does Wesley tell David to do if there is any trouble while Wesley is gone?
(a) Run for Len's house.
(b) Call his grandfather.
(c) Hide under the porch.
(d) Protect his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mel Paddock?

2. What does Wesley reluctantly tell Julian about Frank's crimes?

3. Why does David think his father has been crying?

4. What does Wesley say about Marie's friends?

5. Who leaves Montana soon after David's family?

(see the answer keys)

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