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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 setting of The Dreams of Ada in Chapter 1?
(a) Ada, Tennessee.
(b) Ada, Oklahoma.
(c) Ada, Alabama.
(d) Ada, West Virginia.

2. According to the psychic, what number would be hanging symbolically over the body of Denice Haraway?
(a) 666.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

3. Whose favorite expression is "listen to me, runnin' my mouth ninety-to-nothin'" ?
(a) Tricia Wolf.
(b) Kay Ward.
(c) Karl Fontenot.
(d) Tommy Ward.

4. How does Detective Captain Dennis Smith supplement his income?
(a) He has a paper route.
(b) He washes cars.
(c) He bags groceries.
(d) He does landscaping.

5. What does the narrator state is the purpose of the short bill of aggravated circumstances that is added to the charges put against Ward and Fontenot?
(a) To permit Don Wyatt to release Ward and Fontenot from jail.
(b) To permit the district attorney to seek life in prison.
(c) To permit Ward and Fontenot the right to seek an attorney.
(d) To permit the district attorney to seek the death penalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of all the Ward children, who is called the "runt of the litter"?

2. Who has worked 22 years of his life at Hazel Atlas Glass Container Company?

3. According to Jeff Miller, who loans Tommy Ward a pickup truck to go get more beer the night Denice Haraway goes missing?

4. How many days after Ward and Fontenot are arrested are they formally charged?

5. Who does the narrator claim is considered the founder of Ada?

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