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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ballard wear around his feet on his mountain trek?
(a) Plastic bags
(b) Towels and duct tape
(c) Animal skins
(d) Cloth sacks and twine

6. 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) Hoists her to the attic
(c) Puts her on ice
(d) Buries her behind the house

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

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

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

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

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

12. How are the two dead people in the car positioned when Ballard discovers them?
(a) They lie in a spooning position in the back
(b) The man lies on top of the woman
(c) The are seated next to each other in the front seats
(d) The woman is straddling the man

13. What does Ballard mix with the squirrels to make a stew?
(a) Turnips
(b) Potatoes
(c) Carrots
(d) Lard

14. 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

15. From what group did the White Caps splinter?
(a) The Panthers
(b) The Teamsters
(c) The Libertarians
(d) The Ku Klux Klan

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color dress does Ballard buy?

3. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?

4. What season is setting in in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?

5. What is the last thing that Ballard carries to his new cave?

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