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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 Gail learn concerning Marie's problem?
(a) Marie has had this problem before.
(b) Marie has had this problem before.
(c) Marie is afraid she is going to die.
(d) Marie is starting to feel better.

2. Whom does Wesley talk to when he calls Frank's house?
(a) Frank.
(b) Gloria.
(c) No one is home.
(d) Frank's oldest child.

3. Why does the house seem quiet to David?
(a) His younger brother is at a friend's house.
(b) Marie is not playing music.
(c) His mother has gone to North Dakota.
(d) The pump wheel is not moving.

4. How does David feel when he visits his grandparents' farm?
(a) He gets bored.
(b) He does not like the way his grandfather yells at him.
(c) He greatly enjoys it.
(d) He thinks it's hard work when he goes there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David describe his life?

2. What does David's grandfather give David to take on his ride?

3. What does Wesley offer Frank when he comes over to the house?

4. Where was Frank just before returning to Brentrock?

5. What did Julian hope Gloria would do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Gail and Wesley at odds with each other as they drive to Wesley's parents' home?

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

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

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

6. How did Wesley come to be the Sheriff of Mercer County?

7. Why do Wesley and Frank believe Marie wants Gail in the room when Frank examines Marie?

8. Gail wishes that her family lived where?

9. Who is Marie's boyfriend?

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

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