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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 Lester Ballard do while having sex with the dead girl?
(a) Laughs
(b) Cries
(c) Sings along with the radio
(d) Whispers in her ear

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

3. What does Ballard mix with the squirrels to make a stew?
(a) Potatoes
(b) Carrots
(c) Lard
(d) Turnips

4. After moving to Frog Mountain, who does Ballard spend many nights watching?
(a) Greer
(b) Ralph's daughter
(c) The Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter
(d) The Sheriff

5. In what year was Fate born?
(a) 1900
(b) 1933
(c) 1885
(d) 1879

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is setting in in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?

2. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?

3. Where does Ballard leave his rifle before going into the town on the other side of the mountain?

4. What does Ballard wear around his feet on his mountain trek?

5. As Ballard busies himself in the woods, who does he imagine speaking to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what state is the town in this section?

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

5. Why does Ballard return several times to the idling car?

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

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

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

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

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

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