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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 of the following is not among the items that Ballard purchases at the grocer's?
(a) Can's of beans
(b) Loaves of bread
(c) Chewing tobacco
(d) Vienna sausages

2. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Nine
(d) Seven

3. Which of the following is not something that Ballard takes with him from the car?
(a) Money
(b) A bottle of whiskey
(c) A pistol
(d) The girl's body

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) An axe chopping
(c) Dogs barking
(d) A siren

5. Which of the following is not a charge that has been lodged against Ballard?
(a) Assault and battery
(b) Rape
(c) Lewdness toward a minor
(d) Public drunkeness

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?

2. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?

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

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

5. What does Ballard wear around his feet on his mountain trek?

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