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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. The narrator states that _________ became the Will of God to Tommy Ward.
(a) Liberty.
(b) Sovereignty.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Confinement.

2. At the end of Chapter 1, who gives police a description of the two suspects seen with Denice Haraway the night of April 28, 1984?
(a) Jannette Roberts.
(b) Dean Petterson.
(c) Karen Wise.
(d) Marie Titsworth.

3. Who writes, "I had a dream that I was at a keg party, then poof I was sitting in a pickup with two guys and a girl"?
(a) Bud Wolf.
(b) Tommy Ward.
(c) Jason Lurke.
(d) Karl Fontenot.

4. All of the following are items that Tommy Ward asks Miz Ward to bring to jail, EXCEPT for which item?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Hand cream.
(d) A lighter.

5. According to Mildred Grandy, she saw Denice Haraway standing in the doorway of a trailer on lot number __________.
(a) 25.
(b) 95.
(c) 7.
(d) 66.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is Steve Haraway doing when he receives notice that his wife is missing?

2. When is the Karl Fontenot and Tommy Ward trial held?

3. What is written on the black and white wooden sign that is described in Chapter 1?

4. Which key witness in the Ward/Fontenot case provides most of the information for the composite sketches?

5. While Tommy Ward is in jail, how many poems does he write which chronicle his lingering feelings for Lisa Lawson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tommy Ward's relationship with his father as seen in the essay Ward wrote for Don Wyatt in Chapter 8.

2. Why does Tricia Wolf punch Bud Wolf in the shoulder while reading the newspaper at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Why does Barney Ward not want to represent Tommy Ward in Chapter 5?

4. Discuss the spectators who watch the trials going on in the courthouse, as described by the narrator in Chapter 7.

5. Describe the dream Arlene Cameron has in Chapter 5.

6. What information does Jeff Miller give to Detective Dennis Smith at the beginning of Chapter 3?

7. Describe the first degree charges filed against Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot in Chapter 5.

8. In Chapter 3, what alibi does Tommy Ward give detectives for the day Denice Haraway? Is this the same story he had given to detectives the first time he was questioned? Explain.

9. Describe the character of Jannette Roberts. Why are detectives interested in speaking with her in Chapter 3?

10. Describe the journey made on April 28, 1909, that was proves to be vitally important to those involved in the Haraway case.

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