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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 David say his mother could not do in Montana?
(a) Deal with the web of lies.
(b) See Julian and Enid on the streets of the town.
(c) See Gloria on the streets of the town.
(d) Hold her head up at work.

2. What was David practicing in a memory he shares?
(a) His flute.
(b) Drop kicking a football.
(c) Throwing baseball pitches.
(d) Basketball.

3. Besides Wesley, who knows immediately that Frank has been arrested?
(a) David.
(b) Gail.
(c) Gail, David, and Gloria.
(d) Len, Gail, and David.

4. Who is Clarence Undset?
(a) The funeral director.
(b) The legal counsel poor people.
(c) The assistant county prosecutor.
(d) The preacher at Frank's funeral service.

5. When does David's family leave Montana?
(a) That winter.
(b) After the school term.
(c) Early Spring.
(d) Right after Frank's burial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mel Paddock?

2. What does David say Clarence Undset is bound to know?

3. Who arrives at David's house at nine that night?

4. Wesley talks about what offer?

5. Who wants to reassure Gloria that Frank is alright?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Wesley?

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

3. When does David say the family decides to leaves Montana?

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

5. With whom has Wesley talked about the situation concerning Frank? What did he not tell the person?

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

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

8. What does Gail urge Wesley to do concerning Gloria?

9. Why does David's family not attend Marie's funeral?

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

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