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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12 (pp. 35-36), how does Ballard remove the cow's head?
(a) A baseball bat
(b) A saw
(c) An axe
(d) A tractor

2. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?
(a) A lady's dress
(b) His rifle
(c) A string of rabbits
(d) A pocketknife

3. How much does the blacksmith charge to sharpen and repair Ballard's axe?
(a) Four dollars
(b) Two dollars
(c) One dollar
(d) Seven dollars

4. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?
(a) Bitter
(b) Lean
(c) Mad
(d) Alcoholic

5. Which of the following is not something that happens in the melee in the police station?
(a) Ballard strangles the Sleeping Woman
(b) The Sleeping Woman slaps Ballard's face
(c) The Sleeping Woman knees Ballard in the groin
(d) Ballard stabs the Sleeping Woman with a pen

6. Why does Ballard make so much noise at the church?
(a) He has a panic attack
(b) He has a cold
(c) He wants to disturb the sermon
(d) He is asleep

7. Where does Fate inspect the car with the couple in the story of Chapter 15 (pp.44-45)?
(a) Sevier County
(b) Grainger County
(c) Jefferson County
(d) Frog Mountain

8. On what structure is the flapping door that Ballard hears on the highway?
(a) A water tower
(b) A hen-house
(c) A mac truck
(d) A tool shed

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

10. Where does Ballard figure John goes after leaving jail?
(a) Back home
(b) To county prison
(c) To execution
(d) He does not know

11. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Dumpkeeper's
(b) Ballard's
(c) Greer's
(d) C.B.'s

12. Where is the man in the cell opposite of Ballard from?
(a) Pine Bluff, Arkansas
(b) Macon, Georgia
(c) Gadsden, Alabama
(d) Lexington, Kentucky

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

14. Why can't Fred Kirby find his jar of whiskey?
(a) He has a wide selection of jars with clear liquid in them
(b) He is blind
(c) The rain buried it over in mud
(d) He was drunk when he hid it

15. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?
(a) His buttocks
(b) A body
(c) His rifle
(d) The path

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lester Ballard's friend Darfuzzle speaks in a garbled way?

2. What animals do the Dumpkeeper and Ballard shoot together?

3. What is the name of the church that Lester goes to in Chapter 10 (pp. 31-32)?

4. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?

5. What animal does Ballard try to shoot while kneeling by the creek?

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