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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, what are the causes of all trouble in life?
(a) Money and feuds
(b) Women and money
(c) Money and whiskey
(d) Whiskey and women

2. What words does John sing from his cell regularly?
(a) No woman
(b) Oh Lordie
(c) Swing low
(d) Fly home

3. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
(a) Plowing fields
(b) Digging a ditch
(c) Restocking the general store
(d) Setting fence posts

4. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?
(a) Helium
(b) Baking soda
(c) Firecrackers
(d) Rice

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

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

7. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?
(a) Finney called him a name
(b) Finney was black
(c) Finney stole his lunch
(d) Finney would not fetch his ball

8. What color does the smith say the blade should turn in the second heat?
(a) White
(b) Red
(c) Yellow
(d) Orange

9. What free gifts are being handed out at the auction?
(a) Toy cars
(b) Arrow heads
(c) Ball caps
(d) Silver dollars

10. Where does the auctioneer give his pitch?
(a) A makeshift stage
(b) The bed of a truck
(c) A stack of hay bales
(d) The front porch of the house

11. According to CB, what might not be worth fifty cents in a year?
(a) A dollar
(b) A diamond
(c) A war bond
(d) An acre of land

12. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
(a) Three
(b) Seven
(c) Five
(d) Nine

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

14. What does Ballard find in the boards of the house his first night there?
(a) A boar's skull
(b) A possum
(c) A black snake
(d) Termites

15. To what does McCarthy compare Darfuzzle and Ballard squatting on the porch?
(a) Gargoyles
(b) Umpires
(c) Toads
(d) Gorillas

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is Ballard's friend's wife making while he waits?

2. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?

3. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?

4. How far from the road is Lester Ballard's shack?

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

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