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

2. Where does Ballard figure John goes after leaving jail?
(a) He does not know
(b) To execution
(c) Back home
(d) To county prison

3. What is the name of the church that Lester goes to in Chapter 10 (pp. 31-32)?
(a) Sevier Church
(b) Salvation Church
(c) Silverlake Church
(d) Sixmile Church

4. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?
(a) Finney called him a name
(b) Finney would not fetch his ball
(c) Finney was black
(d) Finney stole his lunch

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that happens in the melee in the police station?

2. What is the name of the black boy in the car outside Lester's house?

3. Which of the following is not a name listed as one of the Dumpkeeper's daughters

4. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?

5. How many births did the Dumpkeeper's daughters have last summer?

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