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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 speaker in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) box at a carnival?
(a) A gorilla
(b) A bear
(c) A kangaroo
(d) A burro

2. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?
(a) The path
(b) His buttocks
(c) A body
(d) His rifle

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

4. What words does John sing from his cell regularly?
(a) Oh Lordie
(b) Fly home
(c) No woman
(d) Swing low

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard initially forget when he leaves the car?

2. Which of the following is not a charge that has been lodged against Ballard?

3. Where does Ballard look at wanted posters?

4. What target does Ballard shoot at the fair's shooting gallery?

5. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?

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