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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 did Darlene have shortly before her death?
(a) Three gin and tonics.
(b) A handful of xanex.
(c) A big breakfast.
(d) Sex.

2. What do Dave and his father catch?
(a) A thirty-foot cotton mouth moccasin.
(b) An unsalable fish.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A dead body.

3. Who arrives and has sex with Dave?
(a) Darlene.
(b) An ex-girlfriend from before Dave is married.
(c) No one.
(d) The young teacher.

4. What does Dixie Lee say when Dave asks who killed Darlene?
(a) The Blackfeet tribal police as a cover-up.
(b) An ex-boyfriend.
(c) He does not know.
(d) Probably a hitman named Charlie.

5. Who is with Alafair when Dave picks her up at school?
(a) The babysitter.
(b) A young, beautiful and single teacher.
(c) No one.
(d) The nun principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave tell Alafair is wrong with him?

2. What happens when Dave heads to the reservation the next day?

3. What does Cletus tell Dave?

4. What is delivered with the letter?

5. Who comes into Dave's yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dave's lawyer feeling about Dave's case and why?

2. Why does Dave go to the courthouse and what is the result?

3. How is it obvious that Dave is starting to feel desperate?

4. Why does Dave believe Darlene's life is in danger?

5. What does Dio want when he calls Dave, and what is Dave's response?

6. What could be possible reasons that Dave seems to be a bit of a hothead?

7. Why do you think Darlene's does not know much about the American Indian Movement, one of the most controversial and publicized Indian organizations, yet her last name (American Horse) suggests she is Native American?

8. What event foreshadows a future event in the book?

9. What happens when Dave picks up Alafair at school and do you think the teacher and principal are justified in their response?

10. What happens at the lake and what does this incident reinforce to the reader about Dave's personality?

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