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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Still in solitary confinement at the county jail, Tommy Ward begins taking comfort in _________.
(a) Sewing.
(b) Religion.
(c) Reading.
(d) Science.

4. What does Lenny Timmons need from McAnally's at the beginning of Chapter1?
(a) Change.
(b) A drink.
(c) A snack.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

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

7. Who aids Attorney Don Wyatt with his research on the Haraway case?
(a) Bill Peterson.
(b) Ben Brewer.
(c) Mike Addicott.
(d) Dennis Smith.

8. Harvey Pratt is a cop by day and a __________ by night.
(a) Hunter.
(b) Parent.
(c) Artist.
(d) Teacher.

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

10. 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) Karen Wise.
(b) Jannette Roberts.
(c) Marie Titsworth.
(d) Dean Petterson.

11. How long isTommy Ward interviewed by detectives?
(a) Five hours.
(b) An hour and forty-five minutes.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) An hour.

12. For how long are Ward and Fontenot committed by Judge Powers to Eastern State Hospital?
(a) No more than 30 days.
(b) No more than 90 days.
(c) No more than 2 weeks.
(d) No more than 60 days.

13. Who administers Ward's polygraph test?
(a) Rusty Featherstone.
(b) Don Wyatt.
(c) Dennis Smith.
(d) Bill Peterson.

14. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, who were the first white settlers in Ada?
(a) Phillips.
(b) Daggs.
(c) Duncan.
(d) Carson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marie Titsworth when her daughter's truck is impounded?

2. Ward tells Gary Rogers to look for Denice's body in all of the following locations, EXCEPT which one?

3. How much money does Melvin Ward give Tricia Wolf after returning home to Ada?

4. Whose favorite expression is "listen to me, runnin' my mouth ninety-to-nothin'" ?

5. What 1983 "no-body" case turned up in Oklahoma law?

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