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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 season is setting in in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?
(a) Spring
(b) Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

2. What natural disaster besets the area in this section?
(a) A flood
(b) A wild fire
(c) A tornado
(d) An earthquake

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

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

5. What does Ballard blame for the burning down of his house?
(a) Brush fire outside
(b) Cigarette left lit
(c) Sparks from the chimney
(d) The police lighting it purposefully

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard steal from Greer's property?

2. To what does the narrator compare the bodies that Ballard has arranged deep in his cave?

3. When does Ballard deposit the dead man when he moves him away from the girl?

4. Who does Ballard run into while in town?

5. What does Ballard hear from the car idling on the side of the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the inside of Ballard's cave.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Ballard's appearance at the end of this section.

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

9. Why does Ballard go to Blount County?

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

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