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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 the child do to Ballard's gift?
(a) Chews its legs off
(b) Snaps its neck
(c) Sets it free
(d) Smashes it

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

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

4. Who finally subdues the Sleeping Woman at the police station?
(a) Ballard
(b) The Sheriff
(c) The Deputy
(d) Fate

5. What free gifts are being handed out at the auction?
(a) Toy cars
(b) Ball caps
(c) Silver dollars
(d) Arrow heads

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first prize that Ballard wins at the fair?

2. What charge does the Sleeping Woman want to file against Ballard?

3. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?

4. What is the name of the church that Lester goes to in Chapter 10 (pp. 31-32)?

5. Where is Ralph when Ballard shows up at his house?

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