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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 do the Dumpkeeper and Lester Ballard drink together?
(a) Popskull whiskey
(b) Everclear
(c) Moonshine
(d) Pure mash whiskey

2. What does Lester burn in the hearth to start a fire?
(a) Lighter fluid
(b) A kerosene-soaked rag
(c) Newspaper
(d) A rag doll

3. What is the blonde daughter doing when Ballard approaches her?
(a) Bathing
(b) Cooking lunch
(c) Hanging up wash
(d) Getting drunk

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who punched Lester Ballard unconscious at the auction?

2. On what structure is the flapping door that Ballard hears on the highway?

3. What does Ballard find in the boards of the house his first night there?

4. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?

5. What does Lester Ballard bring with him to the auction?

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