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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 decide to do about Marie?
(a) Wait another day or two.
(b) Call Frank.
(c) Ask a tribal shaman to come to the home.
(d) Send her home.

2. Why does Wesley go around the picnic grounds and pick up trash?
(a) He tries to set an example for the young people.
(b) He hates to see the ground littered with trash.
(c) As the sheriff, he is responsible for litter being handled.
(d) He doesn’t want to distract from Frank and Julian getting attention.

3. What does Julian Hayden lead the town in doing?
(a) Working overtime in the factory.
(b) Raising war bond money.
(c) Having a picnic for veterans.
(d) Doubling their food production.

4. What has David's grandmother told him that makes it difficult for David to sleep the night of Marie's death?
(a) Marie's spirit may seek vengeance.
(b) Whoever killed Marie may be back.
(c) A dead person's spirit remains in the area for a while.
(d) The dead do not remember the living.

5. What does David remember about Gloria caring for him when he was ill?
(a) She ignored him.
(b) She tended him carefully.
(c) She was insensitive to him.
(d) She was impatient about his slow recovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ronnie?

2. Why does David feel he needs to please Frank and Gloria?

3. What kind of grandchild does Julian want?

4. What does Julian say about Frank and the reservation?

5. What does David think when Marie spends a great deal of time in her room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when David goes over to the table where he spies his father and Ollie talking?

3. What does David recall about when he was ill and staying with Frank and Gloria?

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

5. How does David reassure Marie about calling a doctor?

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

7. Why is it difficult for David to enjoy his outings at the bowling alley?

8. Who is Ollie Young Bear?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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