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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballard have hanging from his belt at the beginning of this section?
(a) A woman's dress
(b) Dead squirrels
(c) A knife
(d) A scalp

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

3. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?
(a) Undress her
(b) Makeses lunch
(c) Sleeps
(d) Chops firewood

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

5. How much money does Ballard owe the grocer?
(a) 34.19
(b) 58.17
(c) 14.55
(d) 22.90

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

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

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

9. 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) Money
(d) A pistol

10. How many wrist watches is Ballard trying to sell?
(a) Six
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Three

11. Where does Ballard have sex with the newly killed girl?
(a) In the bed of the truck
(b) On the side of the road
(c) In his cave
(d) In the woods

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

13. What does Ballard eat on his journey over the mountain?
(a) Onions
(b) Squirrel
(c) Moss
(d) Weeds

14. What was stolen from Fate during the night?
(a) His books
(b) His car
(c) Some guns
(d) Money

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do the Sheriff and the Deputy question Ballard?

2. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?

3. Where does Ballard leave his rifle before going into the town on the other side of the mountain?

4. Where does Ballard shoot the girl in Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?

5. What sound does Ballard hear in the distance as he walks through the woods in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?

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