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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Bill Parsons' sick old bird dog?
(a) Suzie
(b) Betsy
(c) Spot
(d) Jumper
2. What does Lester Ballard kick one night that hurts his foot?
(a) A car
(b) The house
(c) A rock
(d) A dog
3. What food is Ballard's friend's wife making while he waits?
(a) Biscuits
(b) Grits
(c) Brown potatoes
(d) Fried chicken
4. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?
(a) A pocketknife
(b) His rifle
(c) A string of rabbits
(d) A lady's dress
5. How much money does the blonde daughter demand of Ballard to show him her breasts?
(a) Ten cents
(b) Fifty cents
(c) One dollar
(d) Twenty-five cents
6. What does the blacksmith do with the axe-blade after cooling the metal?
(a) He throws it out because it's cracked
(b) He fits it for a handle
(c) He polishes it
(d) He grinds it
7. Why does Lester Ballard's friend Darfuzzle speaks in a garbled way?
(a) He has a collapsed jaw
(b) He is deaf
(c) He is developmentally impaired
(d) He is German
8. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
(a) Ezekial
(b) Silas
(c) Tobin
(d) Reubel
9. Which of the following is not listed among the disabled child's playthings?
(a) Rats
(b) Food tins
(c) Cockroaches
(d) Spiders
10. What does Ballard's friend's wife bring Ballard while he waits for her husband?
(a) Coffee
(b) Water
(c) Cornbread
(d) Whiskey
11. Where does the auctioneer give his pitch?
(a) A stack of hay bales
(b) The bed of a truck
(c) A makeshift stage
(d) The front porch of the house
12. How many daughters does the Dumpkeeper have?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Twelve
(d) Nine
13. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?
(a) A steer
(b) A horse
(c) An ox
(d) A mule
14. Which of the following is not among the refuse of the dump?
(a) Truck parts
(b) Old water heaters
(c) Bicycle parts
(d) Rotted fishing boats
15. To what animal are the Dumpkeeper's daughters regularly compared?
(a) Lizards
(b) Does
(c) Snakes
(d) Cats
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Lester Ballard's only food for dinner on his first night in his new house?
2. What heavy object does Lester lug up to his new house on the first day?
3. Of what does the sleeping woman smell?
4. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
5. What dry, tasteless food does Ballard cook over an open flame in his shack in Chapter 21(pp. 66-67)?
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