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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the child do to Ballard's gift?
(a) Snaps its neck
(b) Sets it free
(c) Chews its legs off
(d) Smashes it

2. What charge does the Sleeping Woman want to file against Ballard?
(a) Rape
(b) Harrassment
(c) Assault
(d) Attempted Murder

3. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?
(a) Whittle
(b) Discuss knife-related issues
(c) Sharpen blades
(d) Trade knives

4. Why does Lester Ballard's friend Darfuzzle speaks in a garbled way?
(a) He is German
(b) He is developmentally impaired
(c) He is deaf
(d) He has a collapsed jaw

5. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Three
(d) Nine

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Ballard try to shoot while kneeling by the creek?

2. What does Lester Ballard bring with him to the auction?

3. What do the Dumpkeeper and Lester Ballard drink together?

4. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?

5. What animals do the Dumpkeeper and Ballard shoot together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lester Ballard ejected from his first game at the carnival?

2. How is Lester Ballard's neck injured?

3. How do the Deputy's plans for the day change in Chapter 17 (pp. 48-49)?

4. What does Lester Ballard discover in a car outside his shack one night, and what happens?

5. What do the Dumpkeeper and Ballard do on their days together?

6. What process does the blacksmith use to sharpen Ballard's axe head?

7. Describe Lester's new home.

8. How does Ballard win three prizes?

9. Why does Ballard abruptly leave the Dumpkeeper's house in Chapter 16?

10. What happened to Lester Ballard's parents?

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