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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. About what do the Sheriff and the Deputy question Ballard?
(a) His skulking around Greer's place
(b) His shack burning down
(c) The dead couple in the car
(d) Ralph's housefire

2. What is the name of the black boy in the car outside Lester's house?
(a) David
(b) Bobby
(c) Joe
(d) Nick

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

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

5. What target does Ballard shoot at the fair's shooting gallery?
(a) A bowling pin
(b) A card
(c) A bullseye
(d) A silhouette cutout

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?

2. What does the blacksmith do with the axe-blade after cooling the metal?

3. What does Ballard's friend's wife bring Ballard while he waits for her husband?

4. What color underwear does the Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter wear on Saturdays?

5. What does Lester burn in the hearth to start a fire?

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