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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an animal listed as a cohabitant of the woods with Ballard?
(a) Black bear
(b) Owl
(c) Fox
(d) Mice

2. What is Ballard approaching a the beginning of Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?
(a) A pickup truck
(b) The police station
(c) Greer's house
(d) His cave

3. What does Ballard hear from the car idling on the side of the road?
(a) Screaming
(b) The radio
(c) Groaning
(d) Crackling flames

4. What color dress does Ballard buy?
(a) Black
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Red

5. What does Lester intimate to Ralph's daughter?
(a) That the disfigured child is hers
(b) That she is a prostitute
(c) That her father touches her
(d) That she wants him

6. When, according to Fate, is the last time the whole town flooded?
(a) 1943
(b) 1910
(c) 1885
(d) 1960

7. How much money does Ballard ask the group of men for all of his watches?
(a) Nine dollars
(b) Eighteen dollars
(c) Twelve dollars
(d) Fifteen Dollars

8. Into what other county does Ballard cross at the beginning of this section?
(a) Blount County
(b) Bowling County
(c) Lee County
(d) Grainger County

9. Which of the following is not something that Ballard takes with him from the car?
(a) The girl's body
(b) A pistol
(c) Money
(d) A bottle of whiskey

10. As Ballard busies himself in the woods, who does he imagine speaking to?
(a) The Sheriff
(b) His father
(c) The dead girl from the car
(d) Greer

11. Where does Ballard shoot the girl in Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?
(a) Her neck
(b) Her chest
(c) Her stomach
(d) Her head

12. What sound does Ballard hear in the distance as he walks through the woods in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?
(a) A scream
(b) An axe chopping
(c) Dogs barking
(d) A siren

13. What does Ballard leave on his mattress?
(a) His stuffed animals
(b) His cookware
(c) Ralph's daughter's body
(d) His rifle

14. What food does Ballard buy in the general store on the other side of the mountain?
(a) Beek jerky
(b) A cake
(c) Potato chips
(d) Trail mix

15. Which of the following is not among the items that Ballard purchases at the grocer's?
(a) Vienna sausages
(b) Loaves of bread
(c) Chewing tobacco
(d) Can's of beans

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard eat on his journey over the mountain?

2. What does the boy do to precipitate Ballard's shooting him?

3. How much money does Ballard owe the grocer?

4. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?

5. Who does Ballard run into while in town?

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