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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, 145 - 168.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?
(a) A surveyor
(b) The Sheriff
(c) Two boys
(d) The Dumpkeeper

2. What is Ballard approaching a the beginning of Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?
(a) His cave
(b) The police station
(c) A pickup truck
(d) Greer's house

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

4. What charge does the Sleeping Woman want to file against Ballard?
(a) Rape
(b) Attempted Murder
(c) Assault
(d) Harrassment

5. Which of the following is not an animal listed as a cohabitant of the woods with Ballard?
(a) Owl
(b) Black bear
(c) Mice
(d) Fox

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, what are the causes of all trouble in life?

2. Where does the auctioneer give his pitch?

3. In Chapter 21 (pp. 66-67) what drifts into Ballard's shack through the breaks in the wall?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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