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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II, 128 - 141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?
(a) The motor has stopped running
(b) It is gone
(c) It is empty
(d) The radio is turned back on

2. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?
(a) Fate
(b) The Deputy
(c) The Sleeping Woman
(d) The Sheriff

3. Which of the following is not something that happens in the melee in the police station?
(a) Ballard strangles the Sleeping Woman
(b) The Sleeping Woman slaps Ballard's face
(c) The Sleeping Woman knees Ballard in the groin
(d) Ballard stabs the Sleeping Woman with a pen

4. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?
(a) Moles
(b) Crawfish
(c) Goby fish
(d) Bats

5. How much money does Ballard eventually get for all of his watches?
(a) Fourteen dollars
(b) Eight dollars
(c) Twenty-one dollars
(d) Seventeen dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard leave on his mattress?

2. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?

3. What is the name of Bill Parsons' sick old bird dog?

4. Where does Ballard figure John goes after leaving jail?

5. To what does McCarthy compare Darfuzzle and Ballard squatting on the porch?

(see the answer key)

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