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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did David think would happen eventually after Frank's death?
(a) Everything would return to how it was before Frank died.
(b) Julian would forgive Wesley.
(c) Julian would never speak to Wesley.
(d) He was not sure.

2. Why does David think his father sometimes comes home to make phone calls?
(a) His father wants to record the conversation.
(b) His father is afraid that his conversations are recorded.
(c) His father does not want to be overheard.
(d) His father wants his mother to hear the calls.

3. Who runs for Sheriff of Mercer County?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Len.
(c) Julian.
(d) Gloria.

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

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

6. What does Wesley tell Gail when she arrives?
(a) He has arrested Frank.
(b) He has forgiven Frank.
(c) He has had Frank committed.
(d) He has stopped the investigation.

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

8. What does Wesley say when Julian demands to see Frank?
(a) Julian needs to calm down first.
(b) Frank must post bail first
(c) It is not a family matter.
(d) Frank does not want to see anyone

9. To whom does Gail urge Wesley to talk?
(a) Julian.
(b) Len.
(c) Their pastor.
(d) Gloria.

10. What happens to Gloria?
(a) She remarries.
(b) She is killed in a car accident.
(c) She never remarries.
(d) She commits suicide.

11. Who is Dale Paris?
(a) The foreman on Julian's ranch.
(b) The Assistant D.A.
(c) The lawyer Julian has hired for Frank.
(d) The Sheriff from the other county.

12. Who interrupted David when he was practicing?
(a) Julian.
(b) Gail.
(c) Marie and Ronnie.
(d) Frank.

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

14. What does David say Clarence Undset is bound to know?
(a) Wesley was about to let Frank go.
(b) Frank did not believe in God.
(c) Frank was guilty as sin.
(d) The real cause of Frank's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was David practicing in a memory he shares?

2. Where does David find his parents when he goes downstairs?

3. What does David think when he is at Nash's Grocery Store?

4. Why does David cling to a memory about practicing an activity?

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

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