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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the son of Thomas Bauskett become?
(a) A writer.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A plantation owner.
(d) A lawyer.

2. What special school was Butch sent to?
(a) Bellevue.
(b) Wiltwyck.
(c) Rasking.
(d) Surak.

3. When did the state and federal elections of the late 1860's take place?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1869.

4. Who was hung at the start of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) John Herrin.
(b) William Herrin.
(c) Markus Herrin.
(d) Robert Herrin.

5. What was the nickname of the county?
(a) Bloody Highfield.
(b) Bloody Edgefield.
(c) Bloody Lowfield.
(d) Bloody Boldfield.

6. When did Aaron marry?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1884.

7. What did Butch establish himself as where he was first institutionalized?
(a) The loving boy.
(b) The most violent of the boys.
(c) The underdog.
(d) The shy boy.

8. Who was Marie's second husband according to Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Robert Jackson.
(b) Aaron Jackson.
(c) James Jackson.
(d) Arthur Jackson.

9. When was Butch released from Bellevue?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1957.

10. What did Willie James do after he started to attend school?
(a) He started taking one on one lessons.
(b) He skipped school.
(c) He starting spending time in the library.
(d) He started teaching.

11. When did Frances and James move to a little wooden house near an eatery?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

12. What was Butch finally diagnosed as at Bellevue Hospital?
(a) Psychopath.
(b) Sociopath.
(c) Anti-social personality disorder.
(d) Schisophrenic.

13. Where did the violence in the county originate from according to Butterfield?
(a) Old blood feuds between families and clans.
(b) The absence of organized government.
(c) The availability of guns.
(d) Poor economic conditions.

14. Why did the crime rate increase in 1903 according to W.E.B. DuBois?
(a) A better record keeping system was put in place.
(b) Whites didn't report crimes by whites.
(c) Whites created a police system to deal with blacks alone.
(d) The police made up crimes to boost the statistics.

15. What was Willie James' nickname?
(a) Mouth.
(b) Butch.
(c) Ruch.
(d) Swan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in the late 1860's?

2. When was Willie Bosket born?

3. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. When did Willie get a job as laborer?

5. When was Butch placed on parole?

(see the answer keys)

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