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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. Under what condition does Frank agree to comply with Wesley's arrest?
(a) Julian will be allowed to provide him a lawyer.
(b) David will not see him in the basement.
(c) Frank will not be arrested in public.
(d) Gloria will be able to visit him.

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

3. What motivates David to go downstairs?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Doorbell.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Loud voices.

4. Upon what is Wesley spending long hours?
(a) Working in his shop.
(b) Investigating Frank.
(c) Talking to his father.
(d) Getting the fields ready.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wesley ask David to do concerning Gail?

2. Why does David think his father sometimes comes home to make phone calls?

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

4. Who runs for Sheriff of Mercer County?

5. How does David feel about Frank's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does David think his father has been crying?

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

4. What reason does Wesley give for withdrawing from the Sheriff's election?

5. What does David believe about the aftermath of Frank's suicide?

6. What happens to Wesley?

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

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

9. What does Enid hear that causes her to start crying?

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

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