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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II, 5 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What free gifts are being handed out at the auction?
(a) Toy cars
(b) Arrow heads
(c) Silver dollars
(d) Ball caps

2. Where does the auctioneer give his pitch?
(a) A makeshift stage
(b) The bed of a truck
(c) The front porch of the house
(d) A stack of hay bales

3. How many rooms is Lester Ballard's new house?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) One

4. Why can't Fred Kirby find his jar of whiskey?
(a) The rain buried it over in mud
(b) He was drunk when he hid it
(c) He has a wide selection of jars with clear liquid in them
(d) He is blind

5. What is the name of the black boy in the car outside Lester's house?
(a) David
(b) Joe
(c) Nick
(d) Bobby

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a charge that has been lodged against Ballard?

2. What color does the smith say the blade should turn in the second heat?

3. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?

4. What does the speaker in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) box at a carnival?

5. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?

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