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

2. What did Mel Paddock think when Wesley gave him the name of the suspect?
(a) Paddock was sad for Wesley.
(b) Paddock was stunned
(c) Paddock was not given the name.
(d) Paddock was not surprised.

3. What does David think when he is at Nash's Grocery Store?
(a) He may never see Nash's again.
(b) People are looking at him.
(c) He is tired of Frank making things hard for David and his parents.
(d) He should buy his uncle something good to eat.

4. Who arrives at David's house at nine that night?
(a) Paddock.
(b) Julian and Enid.
(c) Len.
(d) Marie's mother.

5. Where does Marie's family plan to bury Marie?
(a) Idaho.
(b) On the Reservation.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) South Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David notice about his father?

2. What does Wesley say he's going to do after taking breakfast down to Frank?

3. Who comes running to David's house after hearing a gunshot?

4. What is the cause of Wesley's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David say about the symbolism of the open grave?

2. What had Wesley said to Marie's mother about the funeral and what was Marie's mother's response?

3. What does Wesley tell Gail and David about why Frank is in the basement?

4. What does Gail want Wesley to find out concerning Marie's funeral and why does she want to know this?

5. What was the overriding reason for the move to North Dakota?

6. Why does David decline to visit Brentrock later in his life?

7. Which person that knew the truth about Frank had strokes later?

8. Who probably knows the truth about Frank's death and what does David think the person will do?

9. What does David say about his life in North Dakota?

10. Why does David go down to the basement, and what does he observe?

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