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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tommy Ward diagnosed with at the Valley View Hospital?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) A nervous stomach.
(c) The flu.
(d) Hives.

2. What information does Officer Kyle Gibbs fail to receive from Lenny Timmons' emergency phone call?
(a) Why Lenny Timmons' called the police.
(b) Lenny Timmons' contact information.
(c) Lenny Timmons' name.
(d) At which McAnally's the incident has occurred.

3. C.L. Wolf is the only man in Ada who can fix __________.
(a) Lawn mowers.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Motors.
(d) Boats.

4. Which of the two defendants, Ward and Fontenot, does Karen Wise positively identify in Chapter 7?
(a) Tommy Ward.
(b) Karl Fontenot.
(c) Both Ward and Fontenot.
(d) Neither Ward nor Fontenot.

5. What does the phrase "corpus delicti" in a murder case refer to?
(a) Postponement of a court session.
(b) A written statement made under oath.
(c) The presence of a body.
(d) Placed on probation.

6. According to the state medical examiner, who/what does the charred bone remains belong to?
(a) A possum.
(b) Linda Thompson.
(c) Denice Haraway.
(d) A dog.

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

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

9. Who is the gnarled black woman who is feared by the children of Ada?
(a) Terry Hull.
(b) Linda Thompson.
(c) Melva Ward.
(d) Nigger Sairy.

10. Who does Don Wyatt hire in Chapter 9 to further investigate the Ward trial?
(a) Frank Dias.
(b) Richard Kerner.
(c) Mildred Grandy.
(d) Ben Brewer.

11. Jesse Ward plants a __________ tree the day he marries Susie Ward.
(a) Apple.
(b) Willow.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Peach.

12. 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?
(a) Marie Titsworth.
(b) Jannette Roberts.
(c) Karen Wise.
(d) Dean Petterson.

13. What does the narrator reveal as common police procedure prior to the questioning of a suspect?
(a) Leave the suspect in a dark room.
(b) Leave the suspect in a corner.
(c) Let the suspect wait.
(d) Leave the suspect in a cold room.

14. What is the name of the adopted child of Tricia and Bud Wolf who is known as the "Christmas child"?
(a) Emma.
(b) Dakota.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Christy.

15. According to Mildred Grandy, she saw Denice Haraway standing in the doorway of a trailer on lot number __________.
(a) 95.
(b) 66.
(c) 25.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which key witness in the Ward/Fontenot case provides most of the information for the composite sketches?

2. Who decides to defend Tommy Ward in the Denice Haraway murder trial?

3. Who is questioned by District Attorney Peterson about a blouse given to Denice Haraway as a gift?

4. Who administers Ward's polygraph test?

5. Who comes to visit Karl Fontenot while he is in jail?

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