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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 is David's main goal when they get to his grandparents' home?
(a) To observe his father and uncle together.
(b) To ride his horse.
(c) To go fishing.
(d) To show his grandmother a new drawing David did.

2. What is part of the reason Wesley became a sheriff?
(a) No other jobs were available.
(b) Family tradition.
(c) He could not pass the bar exam.
(d) No one else would do it.

3. Where would Gail prefer to live?
(a) Back East.
(b) California.
(c) Washington, D. C.
(d) North Dakota.

4. What does Gail think when she checks in on Marie after getting home?
(a) Marie is sicker than she admits.
(b) Marie is no better.
(c) Marie is not as sick as she is pretending to be.
(d) Marie is improving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what county does David's family live?

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

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

4. What does Wesley do as Gail and David go inside David's grandparents' home?

5. Where was Frank just before returning to Brentrock?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does David do when he visits his grandparents?

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

4. What observation does David make about Ollie Young Bear concerning Ollie smiling?

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

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

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

8. How does David know Wesley is going to investigate Frank?

9. How does Gail compare the winds in Montana with the wind in North Dakota?

10. When David talks to Marie about her cough, what is she adamant about not doing?

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