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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I , 44 - 60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
(a) Restocking the general store
(b) Setting fence posts
(c) Digging a ditch
(d) Plowing fields

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

3. Why does Ballard make so much noise at the church?
(a) He has a cold
(b) He is asleep
(c) He wants to disturb the sermon
(d) He has a panic attack

4. What does the anonymous driver by Lester's house toss out of his car window?
(a) A fast food bag
(b) A condom wrapper
(c) A cigarette
(d) A beer can

5. In Chapter 12 (pp. 35-36), how does Ballard remove the cow's head?
(a) A saw
(b) A baseball bat
(c) An axe
(d) A tractor

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Fred Kirby find his jar of whiskey?

2. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?

3. Of what does the sleeping woman smell?

4. Where is Ballard when he finds a woman sleeping under a tree?

5. According to CB, what might not be worth fifty cents in a year?

(see the answer key)

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