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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 does Ballard do in the Spring?
(a) Plants some tomatoes
(b) Buries some of his bodies
(c) Covers his tracks
(d) Wanders the woods naked

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

3. Which of the following is not something Ballard salvages from the fire?
(a) His mattress
(b) His rifle
(c) His cookware
(d) The woman's body

4. As Ballard busies himself in the woods, who does he imagine speaking to?
(a) The dead girl from the car
(b) Greer
(c) His father
(d) The Sheriff

5. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?
(a) Discuss knife-related issues
(b) Sharpen blades
(c) Trade knives
(d) Whittle

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?

2. According to Ballard, what are the causes of all trouble in life?

3. Where does Ballard go the morning after his shack burns?

4. What does Ballard hear from the car idling on the side of the road?

5. What does Lester Ballard do while having sex with the dead girl?

(see the answer key)

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