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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Ballard's shack the day after he finds the dead girl?
(a) The Sheriff
(b) A surveyor
(c) Two boys
(d) The Dumpkeeper

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

3. What color dress does Ballard buy?
(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Black
(d) Green

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

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

6. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?
(a) Moles
(b) Crawfish
(c) Goby fish
(d) Bats

7. Why does Ballard abruptly stop having sex with the dead girl?
(a) He cannot maintain an erection
(b) It starts to rain heavily
(c) He hears the truck drive away
(d) He is caught by the police

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

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

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

11. What is the last thing that Ballard carries to his new cave?
(a) His cookware
(b) His mattress
(c) A corpse
(d) His clothing

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

13. Who does Ballard run into while in town?
(a) C.B.
(b) The Sheriff
(c) The Sleeping Woman
(d) Greer

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Ballard ask the group of men for all of his watches?

2. What does Ballard eat on his journey over the mountain?

3. What does Ballard leave in Ralph's house when he burns it down?

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

5. What does Ballard blame for the burning down of his house?

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