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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II, 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To what are the musicians and auctioneer compared at the end of Act 1?
(a) A line of fence posts
(b) A band of thieves
(c) A shooting gallery
(d) The pied piper and his rats

4. How did Lester Ballard's father die?
(a) He died of cancer
(b) He hanged himself
(c) He died in a car crash
(d) He died fighting in the war

5. What is the first prize that Ballard wins at the fair?
(a) A toy guitar
(b) A goldfish
(c) A stuffed tiger
(d) A teddy bear

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many daughters does the Dumpkeeper have?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9 (p. 25), what does Ballard fail to shoot in the woods?

4. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?

5. What is Lester Ballard's only food for dinner on his first night in his new house?

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