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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 does Gresham sing when they bury his wife?
(a) Camptown Ladies
(b) Gaily the Trombadour
(c) The Chickenshit Blues
(d) Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

2. According to Ballard, what are the causes of all trouble in life?
(a) Women and money
(b) Money and feuds
(c) Money and whiskey
(d) Whiskey and women

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

4. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?
(a) Discuss knife-related issues
(b) Sharpen blades
(c) Trade knives
(d) Whittle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fish is Ballard looking for in the creek in late summer?

2. Who punched Lester Ballard unconscious at the auction?

3. How did Lester Ballard's father die?

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

5. What free gifts are being handed out at the auction?

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