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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Murder in the First Degree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prescribed method of execution in the state of Oklahoma?
(a) Electric chair.
(b) Lethal poison.
(c) Decapitation.
(d) Hanging.

2. According to Jannette Roberts, after returning home from the police station, Tommy Ward's attitude was one of __________.
(a) Fear.
(b) High spirits.
(c) Anger.
(d) Melancholy.

3. Jesse Ward dies from __________.
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Lung disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A car accident.

4. How many children do Jesse and Susie Ward have?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

5. What do the OSBI technicians use to sift through debris from the burned down house?
(a) Nylon stockings.
(b) Window screens.
(c) Salt shakers.
(d) Water strainers.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, who gives police a description of the two suspects seen with Denice Haraway the night of April 28, 1984?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, who were the first white settlers in Ada?

3. Of all the Ward children, who is considered the most ambitious?

4. What is the name of the third suspect that both Ward and Fontenot claim is with them the night of Denice Haraway's murder?

5. Which Commandment from the Bible does Tommy Ward quote?

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