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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballard do in the Spring?
(a) Plants some tomatoes
(b) Buries some of his bodies
(c) Covers his tracks
(d) Wanders the woods naked

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

3. Where is the car that the The Sheriff and his Deputy inspect at the beginning of this section?
(a) Being dragged from the river
(b) Inside a storefront
(c) A ravine
(d) The side of the road

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

5. When, according to Fate, is the last time the whole town flooded?
(a) 1960
(b) 1910
(c) 1885
(d) 1943

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

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

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

9. What does Lester intimate to Ralph's daughter?
(a) That the disfigured child is hers
(b) That she wants him
(c) That she is a prostitute
(d) That her father touches her

10. Where does Ballard leave his rifle before going into the town on the other side of the mountain?
(a) Under a bridge
(b) In the undercarriage of an abandoned car
(c) Inside some bushes
(d) In a tree

11. What does the boy do to precipitate Ballard's shooting him?
(a) Turning his ignition
(b) Running
(c) Shouting for help
(d) Punching Ballard

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

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

14. What is the name of the owner of the grocer's?
(a) Hyde
(b) Crawford
(c) Fox
(d) Mills

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Fate, how long does it take a hanged man to die?

4. What does Ballard ask Ralph's daughter to do?

5. What strikes Ballard as he crosses the rushing creek?

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