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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color does the smith say the blade should turn in the second heat?
(a) White
(b) Red
(c) Orange
(d) Yellow
2. What does Lester Ballard bring with him to the auction?
(a) His rifle
(b) His dog
(c) His deed
(d) His hunting knife
3. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?
(a) A body
(b) His rifle
(c) The path
(d) His buttocks
4. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?
(a) He is blind
(b) His wallet was stolen
(c) He is not wearing pants
(d) He is a derelict and stole the car
5. What type of fish is Ballard looking for in the creek in late summer?
(a) Bass
(b) Trout
(c) Catfish
(d) Bluegill
6. Where is the man in the cell opposite of Ballard from?
(a) Pine Bluff, Arkansas
(b) Lexington, Kentucky
(c) Macon, Georgia
(d) Gadsden, Alabama
7. What is the first prize that Ballard wins at the fair?
(a) A teddy bear
(b) A stuffed tiger
(c) A toy guitar
(d) A goldfish
8. What kind of return does the auctioneer promise on the investment of Ballard's property?
(a) At least ten percent
(b) At least sixteen percent
(c) At least twenty percent
(d) At least three percent
9. Where is Ballard when he finds a woman sleeping under a tree?
(a) Sevier County limits
(b) His old property
(c) The dump
(d) Frog Mountain
10. 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 knees Ballard in the groin
(c) Ballard stabs the Sleeping Woman with a pen
(d) The Sleeping Woman slaps Ballard's face
11. What does Gresham sing when they bury his wife?
(a) Gaily the Trombadour
(b) Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
(c) Camptown Ladies
(d) The Chickenshit Blues
12. What food is Ballard's friend's wife making while he waits?
(a) Fried chicken
(b) Grits
(c) Biscuits
(d) Brown potatoes
13. To what are the musicians and auctioneer compared at the end of Act 1?
(a) A line of fence posts
(b) A shooting gallery
(c) A band of thieves
(d) The pied piper and his rats
14. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?
(a) A horse
(b) A mule
(c) A steer
(d) An ox
15. What does Ballard find in the boards of the house his first night there?
(a) A boar's skull
(b) Termites
(c) A possum
(d) A black snake
Short Answer Questions
1. How much does the blacksmith charge to sharpen and repair Ballard's axe?
2. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
3. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?
4. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
5. What target does Ballard shoot at the fair's shooting gallery?
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