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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Second Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of all the Ward children, who is called the "runt of the litter"?
(a) Tommy Ward.
(b) Melva Ward.
(c) Joel Ward.
(d) Tricia Ward.

2. Who has worked 22 years of his life at Hazel Atlas Glass Container Company?
(a) Melvin Ward.
(b) Jimmy Ward.
(c) Joel Ward.
(d) Jesse Ward.

3. Who gives Karl Fontenot a Christmas basket of fruit and candy?
(a) Attorney Don Wyatt.
(b) Tricia Wolf.
(c) Detective Captain Dennis Smith.
(d) Judge Powers.

4. Who is the last of Tommy Ward's siblings to see him in jail at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Melvin Ward.
(b) Melva Ward.
(c) Kay Ward.
(d) Tricia Ward.

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, about every ________ there is a murder in Ada.
(a) 30 days.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 12 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bud Wolf, who is known as "the snake rider"?

2. While Tommy Ward is in jail, how many poems does he write which chronicle his lingering feelings for Lisa Lawson?

3. What is the name of the young man who walks into police headquarters to offer information regarding the Haraway case?

4. According to Tommy Ward, who is the only girl he has ever loved?

5. C.L. Wolf is the only man in Ada who can fix __________.

(see the answer key)

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