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

2. Why does Ballard make so much noise at the church?
(a) He is asleep
(b) He has a panic attack
(c) He wants to disturb the sermon
(d) He has a cold

3. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?
(a) Disguises her as a pile of rags
(b) Puts her on ice
(c) Hoists her to the attic
(d) Buries her behind the house

4. What type of bird does Ballard chase down while walking to a friend's house?
(a) A robin
(b) A pigeon
(c) A lark
(d) A dove

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After moving to Frog Mountain, who does Ballard spend many nights watching?

2. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?

3. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?

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

5. According to the grocer, how long will it take Ballard to pay off his debt at the present rate?

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