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please help me answer these questions. pages 105-130

1.What happened to Shelton's Hardware Store?
2.When closing in on a suspect, how did Davids father behave?
3.What did David think his father did to Uncle Frank?
4.Where is Uncle Frank?
5.Who came to visit Wesley and the family?
6.How was Davids grandfather dressed?
7.Who has no respect for Wesley?
8.What emotion does David's grandfather stare that Wesley has toward Uncle Frank?
9.What one word describes what Uncle Frank did [this is major]?
10.Over what did David cry himself to sleep?

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Montana 1948 is a 1993 novel by Larry Watson. The novel focuses on the life of young Montanan David Hayden, his family and the fictional town of Bentrock, Montana. The book was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. The book focuses on family cohesion and also getting away from your family name. In 1995, Larry Watson wrote the novel Justice. This novel is based on the characters Frank, Wes and Julian. The novel is based in the year 1899, 49 years before the events of Montana 1948.

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The story follows the Hayden family and their struggle with loyalty and justice. Family members include: the narrator - 12 year old David, his father and town sheriff Wes, David's mother Gail, his uncle Frank, grandfather and predecessor as sheriff Julian and the housekeeper Marie Little Soldier. When David's family's Native American housekeeper Marie falls ill, Frank Hayden, the local doctor is called. When Marie refuses medical treatment, David's parents, Gail and Wes, discover that Frank has been preying on the local native American women, raping and molesting them. Wes confronts Frank at a dinner at their father's house. Wes and Gail reach a compromise. When Marie is found dead, Frank convinces the family it is a result of the illness,

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