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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. Why does Ballard abruptly stop having sex with the dead girl?
(a) It starts to rain heavily
(b) He hears the truck drive away
(c) He cannot maintain an erection
(d) He is caught by the police

2. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?
(a) Puts her on ice
(b) Buries her behind the house
(c) Hoists her to the attic
(d) Disguises her as a pile of rags

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

4. What flourishes are on the panties that Ballard buys?
(a) Bows
(b) Lace frills
(c) Paisley patterns
(d) Polka dots

5. Which of the following is not something Ballard salvages from the fire?
(a) His rifle
(b) His mattress
(c) The woman's body
(d) His cookware

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ballard approaching a the beginning of Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?

2. What natural disaster besets the area in this section?

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

4. Where does Ballard shoot the girl in Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?

5. Into what other county does Ballard cross at the beginning of this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What imaginary conversations does Ballard have in the woods?

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

9. Why does Ballard go to Blount County?

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

(see the answer keys)

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