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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 something that Ballard takes with him from the car?
(a) A pistol
(b) A bottle of whiskey
(c) The girl's body
(d) Money

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

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

4. Where does Ballard toss his rifle when the Sheriff stops him on the road?
(a) In the bushes
(b) At the Sheriff's car
(c) Into the road
(d) In a creek

5. What flourishes are on the panties that Ballard buys?
(a) Bows
(b) Polka dots
(c) Paisley patterns
(d) Lace frills

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

7. What natural disaster besets the area in this section?
(a) A wild fire
(b) A flood
(c) A tornado
(d) An earthquake

8. What does Ballard leave in Ralph's house when he burns it down?
(a) His rifle
(b) The daughter's body
(c) His wallet
(d) The disfigured child

9. What does Ballard ask Ralph's daughter to do?
(a) Lend him some money
(b) Give him the disfigured child
(c) Dance with him
(d) Show him her breasts

10. What does Lester Ballard do while having sex with the dead girl?
(a) Cries
(b) Whispers in her ear
(c) Laughs
(d) Sings along with the radio

11. Where is Ralph's daughter when Ballard shoots her?
(a) In the bathroom
(b) In the front room
(c) In the back yard
(d) In her car

12. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?
(a) It is empty
(b) The radio is turned back on
(c) It is gone
(d) The motor has stopped running

13. Where is Ralph when Ballard shows up at his house?
(a) Fishing
(b) In Illinois
(c) At the store
(d) At church

14. Where is the car that the The Sheriff and his Deputy inspect at the beginning of this section?
(a) Inside a storefront
(b) The side of the road
(c) Being dragged from the river
(d) A ravine

15. According to the grocer, how long will it take Ballard to pay off his debt at the present rate?
(a) 178 years
(b) 131 years
(c) 94 years
(d) 105 years

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard do in the Spring?

2. Which of the following is not something that Ballard does to the woman's body the night after his shopping excursion?

3. What was stolen from Fate during the night?

4. In what year was Fate born?

5. How are the two dead people in the car positioned when Ballard discovers them?

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