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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) Loaves of bread
(b) Vienna sausages
(c) Chewing tobacco
(d) Can's of beans

2. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?
(a) The Sleeping Woman
(b) Fate
(c) The Sheriff
(d) The Deputy

3. What color dress does Ballard buy?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Green

4. What does Ballard hear from the car idling on the side of the road?
(a) Screaming
(b) Crackling flames
(c) The radio
(d) Groaning

5. What words does John sing from his cell regularly?
(a) Swing low
(b) No woman
(c) Oh Lordie
(d) Fly home

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?

2. How much money does Ballard ask the group of men for all of his watches?

3. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?

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

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

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