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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. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Greer's
(b) C.B.'s
(c) Ballard's
(d) The Dumpkeeper's

2. Where does Fate inspect the car with the couple in the story of Chapter 15 (pp.44-45)?
(a) Sevier County
(b) Jefferson County
(c) Grainger County
(d) Frog Mountain

3. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?
(a) He is blind
(b) He is a derelict and stole the car
(c) His wallet was stolen
(d) He is not wearing pants

4. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
(a) Reubel
(b) Ezekial
(c) Silas
(d) Tobin

5. What is Lester Ballard's only food for dinner on his first night in his new house?
(a) Potatoes
(b) A chocolate bar
(c) Squirrel
(d) Carrots

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lester Ballard kick one night that hurts his foot?

2. What does the blacksmith do with the axe-blade after cooling the metal?

3. What noise keeps Lester Ballard awake at night?

4. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?

5. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ballard tear the head off of Squire Helton's cow?

2. Describe the scene created by McCarthy at the beginning of the novel.

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

4. Describe the baby of Ballard's friend, Ralph.

5. Describe the man in the cell across from Ballard's.

6. What does Ballard do on his way to visit his friend?

7. Why does the unnamed man in Chapter 5 (pp. 17-18) decide he does not like Lester Ballard?

8. Describe the interchange that Ballard has with the Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter.

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

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

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