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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 is the name of the owner of the grocer's?
(a) Fox
(b) Hyde
(c) Mills
(d) Crawford

2. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?
(a) A lady's dress
(b) His rifle
(c) A pocketknife
(d) A string of rabbits

3. Why does Lester Ballard's friend Darfuzzle speaks in a garbled way?
(a) He has a collapsed jaw
(b) He is German
(c) He is deaf
(d) He is developmentally impaired

4. What does Lester Ballard bring with him to the auction?
(a) His rifle
(b) His dog
(c) His hunting knife
(d) His deed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Garfuzzle tell Ballard that the Sleeping Woman has gone?

2. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?

3. How far from the road is Lester Ballard's shack?

4. What heavy object does Lester lug up to his new house on the first day?

5. What does the speaker in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) box at a carnival?

(see the answer key)

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