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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The blacksmith warns that if the axe metal turns a certain color, the axe is ruined. What color does he say?
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Black
(d) Red

3. Where does Ballard look at wanted posters?
(a) The city jail
(b) The post office
(c) The park bulletin board
(d) The library

4. What animal does Ballard try to shoot while kneeling by the creek?
(a) A fish
(b) A cow
(c) A bird
(d) A racoon

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

6. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?
(a) The Sleeping Woman
(b) The Sheriff
(c) Fate
(d) The Deputy

7. What do the Dumpkeeper and Lester Ballard drink together?
(a) Moonshine
(b) Pure mash whiskey
(c) Everclear
(d) Popskull whiskey

8. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
(a) Silas
(b) Tobin
(c) Ezekial
(d) Reubel

9. Who purchases the auctioned land?
(a) Buster
(b) The Dumpkeeper
(c) Sheriff Wade
(d) Greer

10. What does Ballard call the present he brings his friend's child?
(a) A bauble
(b) A doodad
(c) A playpretty
(d) A gifty

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

12. 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

13. How many daughters does the Dumpkeeper have?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Twelve
(d) Nine

14. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?
(a) A mule
(b) A horse
(c) An ox
(d) A steer

15. What does Ballard's friend's wife bring Ballard while he waits for her husband?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Coffee
(c) Cornbread
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning is the speaker given by the animal's owner before beginning the boxing match?

2. What kind of return does the auctioneer promise on the investment of Ballard's property?

3. Which of the following is not listed among the disabled child's playthings?

4. Which of the following is not a name listed as one of the Dumpkeeper's daughters

5. How much does the blacksmith charge to sharpen and repair Ballard's axe?

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