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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. As Ballard busies himself in the woods, who does he imagine speaking to?
(a) His father
(b) The dead girl from the car
(c) The Sheriff
(d) Greer

2. How are the two dead people in the car positioned when Ballard discovers them?
(a) They lie in a spooning position in the back
(b) The man lies on top of the woman
(c) The are seated next to each other in the front seats
(d) The woman is straddling the man

3. 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

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

5. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?
(a) The motor has stopped running
(b) The radio is turned back on
(c) It is gone
(d) It is empty

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that Ballard takes with him from the car?

2. What does Ballard Leave outside when he goes into Ralph's house?

3. According to the grocer, how long will it take Ballard to pay off his debt at the present rate?

4. About what do the Sheriff and the Deputy question Ballard?

5. Which of the following is not among the items that Ballard purchases at the grocer's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the inside of Ballard's cave.

2. How do the police catch Kirby selling jars of whiskey?

3. How does Ballard's situation change in this section?

4. How does Ballard subsist as the harsh winter descends?

5. What does Ballard do at his old property, now Greer's?

6. What does Ballard do on his trip into town?

7. Describe Ballard's second interview by the police.

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

9. Where does Ballard settle at the end of Chapter 30 (pp. 106-108)?

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

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