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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 Len say prompted his drinking this time?
(a) He's not specific about the cause.
(b) He is in debt.
(c) His wife was causing problem.
(d) He was upset about Frank.

2. What does David believe he feels?
(a) Marie's tears.
(b) Marie's anger.
(c) Marie's pain.
(d) Marie's presence.

3. What does Wesley do as Gail and David go inside David's grandparents' home?
(a) Stays on the porch.
(b) Pumps water from the well.
(c) Chases the dog.
(d) Stays in the car.

4. In what county does David's family live?
(a) Mercer.
(b) Blackrock.
(c) Temple.
(d) Johnson.

5. Where is Wesley seated at dinner?
(a) Not in his usual place with friends.
(b) He does not get back in time for dinner.
(c) He goes to his parent’s home for dinner.
(d) David does not know since David was sent to have dinner with a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. David lacks the courage to ask his mother about ________________situation.

2. What is Dr. Hayden's diagnosis of Marie's illness?

3. About what is Marie adamant when she talks with David?

4. What does David say Ollie Young Bear has managed to escape?

5. Why don't Gail and Wesley have more children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. With whom does Wesley talk to when he calls Frank? What does the person say?

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

7. What happens when David tries to intervene in Gail's questioning of Marie?

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

9. When David talks to Marie about her cough, what is she adamant about not doing?

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

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