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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Len has a stroke?
(a) He drinks himself to death.
(b) He dies in a nursing home.
(c) He cannot complete his term as sheriff.
(d) He kills himself.

2. What does David say he does not understand about his father's actions?
(a) Why his father is pursuing the case.
(b) Why his father won't talk to his grandparents anymore.
(c) Why his father seems so upset and yet won't let Frank go.
(d) Why his father goes down and talks for hours with Frank every night.

3. What does Wesley ask David to do concerning Gail?
(a) To wait until Gail gets home before asking any questions.
(b) To not say anything to his mother and let Wesley do it.
(c) To go to the courthouse and get his mother.
(d) To write his mother a note and tell her he's staying with George that night.

4. What does David say his family planned to attend?
(a) The new Baptist church.
(b) The county fair.
(c) Marie's funeral.
(d) Frank's trial.

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

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

7. Where do Frank and Wesley go after Frank talks to David?
(a) In the back yard.
(b) To the back porch.
(c) The basement.
(d) To the Sheriff’s office.

8. Where does Wesley decide to keep Frank?
(a) At the old, now-vacant jail.
(b) He decides to let Frank go home on his own recognizance.
(c) At a jail in another county.
(d) In the basement.

9. What does David say he does for a long time after his grandparents leave?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Stays still.
(c) Cries.
(d) Paces.

10. What does David say about where people are standing during the graveside service for Frank?
(a) Everyone stood close to one another.
(b) His family is on the opposite side of the grave from Julian, Enid, and Gloria.
(c) The Indians stood far away from the white people.
(d) The townspeople stood apart from the family.

11. Who arrives at David's house at nine that night?
(a) Marie's mother.
(b) Len.
(c) Julian and Enid.
(d) Paddock.

12. Where does Marie's family plan to bury Marie?
(a) Idaho.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) On the Reservation.
(d) North Dakota.

13. What reason does Gloria give her in-laws for Frank's arrest?
(a) Murder.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Manslaughter.
(d) Assault.

14. What does Wesley say he's going to do after taking breakfast down to Frank?
(a) Talk to Paddock about the trial.
(b) Find another place for Frank to be held.
(c) Ask Gloria to talk to Frank.
(d) Ask Julian to talk to Frank.

15. What was David practicing in a memory he shares?
(a) Throwing baseball pitches.
(b) Drop kicking a football.
(c) His flute.
(d) Basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David say is a result of keeping secrets?

2. What does David say Clarence Undset is bound to know?

3. What does Gail ask Wesley to find out from Marie's family?

4. Who wants to reassure Gloria that Frank is alright?

5. What does Frank say he did not want?

(see the answer keys)

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