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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is living in a car outside the Dumpkeeper's house?
(a) A turkey
(b) A tabby cat
(c) A racoon
(d) A fox

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

3. In what year was Fate born?
(a) 1933
(b) 1885
(c) 1900
(d) 1879

4. What strikes Ballard as he crosses the rushing creek?
(a) A piece of a tractor
(b) A rock
(c) A log
(d) A dead boar

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

6. How many bodies are in the car the Sheriff inspects?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) None
(d) Three

7. How much money does Ballard eventually get for all of his watches?
(a) Eight dollars
(b) Twenty-one dollars
(c) Seventeen dollars
(d) Fourteen dollars

8. According to Fate, how long does it take a hanged man to die?
(a) It is instant
(b) About 7 minutes
(c) 10-15 minutes
(d) 4-5 minutes

9. Which of the following is not something that Ballard does to the woman's body the night after his shopping excursion?
(a) Puts lipstick on her
(b) Brushes her hair
(c) Washes her with hot water
(d) Dresses her up

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

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

12. What does Ballard blame for the burning down of his house?
(a) Cigarette left lit
(b) Sparks from the chimney
(c) Brush fire outside
(d) The police lighting it purposefully

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

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

15. How many daughters are still living with the Dumpkeeper?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) None
(d) One

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Ballard not lose while crossing the creek?

2. What color dress does Ballard buy?

3. Where is Ralph when Ballard shows up at his house?

4. What does Lester intimate to Ralph's daughter?

5. According to the grocer, how long will it take Ballard to pay off his debt at the present rate?

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