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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I, 25- 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals do the Dumpkeeper and Ballard shoot together?
(a) Pheasants
(b) Rats
(c) Boars
(d) Dogs

2. What kind of return does the auctioneer promise on the investment of Ballard's property?
(a) At least sixteen percent
(b) At least three percent
(c) At least ten percent
(d) At least twenty percent

3. What does the sleeping woman throw at Ballard?
(a) Her shoe
(b) A stick
(c) An apple
(d) A rock

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Dumpkeeper and Lester Ballard drink together?

2. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Lester burn in the hearth to start a fire?

4. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?

5. What heavy object does Lester lug up to his new house on the first day?

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