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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. Which of the following is not an animal listed as a cohabitant of the woods with Ballard?
(a) Black bear
(b) Fox
(c) Owl
(d) Mice

2. What animal is living in a car outside the Dumpkeeper's house?
(a) A racoon
(b) A fox
(c) A tabby cat
(d) A turkey

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Ballard's friends has recently been picked up by the police?

2. Which of the following is not something Ballard salvages from the fire?

3. What food does Ballard buy in the general store on the other side of the mountain?

4. What was stolen from Fate during the night?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ballard when he tries to cross the creek?

2. How is Ballard spooked by his own footprints?

3. What does Ballard find in the running car on the side of the road?

4. Describe the inside of Ballard's cave.

5. What point does Mr. Fox make to Ballard about his debt to the grocery?

6. Describe the story Fate tells about the 1899 hanging.

7. What does Ballard realize about the Ralph's idiot baby?

8. Why does Ballard decide to move the dead girl's body to an upper room?

9. How were the White Caps run out of Sevier?

10. What wakes Lester Ballard the night after his shopping spree in town?

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