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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 wear around his feet on his mountain trek?
(a) Towels and duct tape
(b) Animal skins
(c) Plastic bags
(d) Cloth sacks and twine

2. When does Ballard deposit the dead man when he moves him away from the girl?
(a) The trunk of the car
(b) Underneath the car
(c) The floor of the car
(d) A ditch beside the car

3. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
(a) Restocking the general store
(b) Plowing fields
(c) Setting fence posts
(d) Digging a ditch

4. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?
(a) A surveyor
(b) Two boys
(c) The Dumpkeeper
(d) The Sheriff

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that happens in the melee in the police station?

2. Where does Ballard leave his rifle before going into the town on the other side of the mountain?

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

4. How far from the road is Lester Ballard's shack?

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

(see the answer key)

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