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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. Which star cluster does Ballard look upon from his cave after returning to the mountain?
(a) Cassiopeia
(b) Pleiades
(c) Orion
(d) Cygnus

2. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?
(a) Makeses lunch
(b) Sleeps
(c) Chops firewood
(d) Undress her

3. To what does the narrator compare the bodies that Ballard has arranged deep in his cave?
(a) Sleeping campers
(b) Speed bumps
(c) Egyptian sarcophagi
(d) Dead saints

4. What sound does Ballard hear in the distance as he walks through the woods in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?
(a) A scream
(b) Dogs barking
(c) An axe chopping
(d) A siren

5. Where is the man in the cell opposite of Ballard from?
(a) Gadsden, Alabama
(b) Lexington, Kentucky
(c) Pine Bluff, Arkansas
(d) Macon, Georgia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard initially forget when he leaves the car?

2. How much money does Ballard eventually get for all of his watches?

3. Where does Garfuzzle tell Ballard that the Sleeping Woman has gone?

4. Why does Lester Ballard's friend Darfuzzle speaks in a garbled way?

5. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?

(see the answer key)

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