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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Wesley begin investigating the day after Frank visits Marie?
(a) An alleged extortion ring.
(b) Complaints about missing livestock.
(c) Frank's alleged sexual offenses.
(d) A bank robbery.

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

5. What does David say Ollie Young Bear has managed to escape?
(a) Being a Japanese prisoner of war.
(b) Being a poverty stricken alcoholic.
(c) Being orphaned at a young age.
(d) Being a POW in a German camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ollie's actions at the bowling alley affect David?

2. What career does Gail wish that her husband had chosen?

3. According to David, who will be called in if Marie needs a doctor?

4. Who is Nutty?

5. How is Marie when David checks in on her when he gets home from the bowling alley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is disappointing to David about his father's position as sheriff of Mercer County?

2. Who is David Hayden? Where does he live when the novel opens?

3. What does David think when he sees his grandfather on the porch as they drive up to the house?

4. What does David notice about his house when he gets home and Marie is sleeping?

5. Who is Marie Little Soldier and why does David like her?

6. What happens when David tries to intervene in Gail's questioning of Marie?

7. Why have Wesley and Gail not had more children?

8. What does David find Len doing when he goes for pie and how does Len explain himself?

9. What does David want to ask his mother when the two are sent outside, and why does he not do so?

10. What does Gail learn as she questions Marie about Marie's illness?

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