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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which star cluster does Ballard look upon from his cave after returning to the mountain?
(a) Cygnus
(b) Pleiades
(c) Cassiopeia
(d) Orion

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

5. What does Ballard initially forget when he leaves the car?
(a) His jacket
(b) His money
(c) His squirrels
(d) His rifle

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

7. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?
(a) Disguises her as a pile of rags
(b) Puts her on ice
(c) Buries her behind the house
(d) Hoists her to the attic

8. When does Ballard deposit the dead man when he moves him away from the girl?
(a) The trunk of the car
(b) The floor of the car
(c) A ditch beside the car
(d) Underneath the car

9. To what does the narrator compare the bodies that Ballard has arranged deep in his cave?
(a) Speed bumps
(b) Egyptian sarcophagi
(c) Dead saints
(d) Sleeping campers

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

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

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

13. Which of Ballard's friends has recently been picked up by the police?
(a) Waldrop
(b) The Dumpkeeper
(c) Ralph
(d) Kirby

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard Leave outside when he goes into Ralph's house?

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

3. When, according to Fate, is the last time the whole town flooded?

4. Where is the car that the The Sheriff and his Deputy inspect at the beginning of this section?

5. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?

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