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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. Which of the following is listed as Lester Ballard's lineage?
(a) Scottish and Navajo
(b) Cherokee and Negro
(c) Saxon and Celtic
(d) Celtic and Negro

2. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
(a) Ezekial
(b) Tobin
(c) Reubel
(d) Silas

3. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Dumpkeeper's
(b) C.B.'s
(c) Greer's
(d) Ballard's

4. What does Ballard find in the boards of the house his first night there?
(a) A boar's skull
(b) Termites
(c) A possum
(d) A black snake

5. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?
(a) Lean
(b) Bitter
(c) Alcoholic
(d) Mad

Short Answer Questions

1. What color underwear does the Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter wear on Saturdays?

2. How much money does the blonde daughter demand of Ballard to show him her breasts?

3. What is the sleeping woman wearing when Ballard finds her?

4. Where does Ballard's friend's daughter go when she leaves the house?

5. What does Lester Ballard do while having sex with the dead girl?

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