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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the third suspect that both Ward and Fontenot claim is with them the night of Denice Haraway's murder?
(a) Odell Titsworth.
(b) Jeff Miller.
(c) Jannette Roberts.
(d) Bud Wolf.

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

4. According to the austere law books in regards to a murder trial, you do not need a body if __________.
(a) The suspect does not have an alibi.
(b) Someone confesses to the murder.
(c) The circumstantial evidence is strong enough.
(d) There are no suspects.

5. What does Bud Wolf bring to Tommy Ward before Ward leaves for Eastern State Hospital?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Pencil.
(c) Headphones.
(d) Eye drops.

6. How many days after Ward and Fontenot are arrested are they formally charged?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 11 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 7 days.

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

8. Which two names does Richard Kerner ask the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to check for their complete driving records?
(a) Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot.
(b) Frank Dias and Denice Haraway.
(c) Marty Ashley and Jay Dicus.
(d) Jason Lurke and Odell Titsworth.

9. When is the Karl Fontenot and Tommy Ward trial held?
(a) July 4.
(b) October 31.
(c) November 26.
(d) September 9.

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

11. At what time does Ward finish his polygraph test?
(a) 3:30AM.
(b) 5:30AM.
(c) 12PM.
(d) 1:30PM.

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) Dean Petterson.
(c) Jannette Roberts.
(d) Karen Wise.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bud Wolf shoots a snake, what animal crawls out of its mouth?

2. Jesse Ward dies from __________.

3. Who receives a threatening phone call saying "he needs to stop defending Ward-or else!"?

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

5. What is written on the black and white wooden sign that is described in Chapter 1?

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