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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 something Ballard salvages from the fire?
(a) His cookware
(b) His mattress
(c) His rifle
(d) The woman's body

2. What does Ballard leave on his mattress?
(a) His cookware
(b) His rifle
(c) Ralph's daughter's body
(d) His stuffed animals

3. Where does Ballard go the morning after his shack burns?
(a) Down the highway, hitchiking
(b) Up the mountain
(c) To his old property
(d) Into the town

4. Into what other county does Ballard cross at the beginning of this section?
(a) Bowling County
(b) Lee County
(c) Blount County
(d) Grainger County

5. In Ralph's house, what surrounds the stove?
(a) Chickenwire
(b) Rings of soot and grease
(c) Wet rages
(d) Cinder blocks

Short Answer Questions

1. Which star cluster does Ballard look upon from his cave after returning to the mountain?

2. What does Ballard blame for the burning down of his house?

3. How much money does Ballard owe the grocer?

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

5. How much money does Ballard ask the group of men for all of his watches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Ballard react to Ralph's daughter's rejection of his advances?

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

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

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

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

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