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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is told that if he testifies against Tommy Ward a prior conviction for writing bad checks will be dropped?

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

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

5. Who aids Attorney Don Wyatt with his research on the Haraway case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tommy Ward's relationship with his father as seen in the essay Ward wrote for Don Wyatt in Chapter 8.

2. In Chapter 4, how does Tricia Ward's father react when she tells him her brother Jimmy was smoking marijuana?

3. Why do detectives dismiss Tommy Ward as a potential suspect in the disappearance of Denice Haraway in Chapter 2?

4. Describe Lenny Timmons' testimony about the night Denice Haraway went missing.

5. Why are there no spectators at the March hearing of the State of Oklahoma versus Ward / Fontenot?

6. Who is in the small courtroom at the opposite end of the hallway in the beginning of Chapter 8? Why are they in the courtroom?

7. Describe the character of Jannette Roberts. Why are detectives interested in speaking with her in Chapter 3?

8. How is the Haraway case different from both the Rawlings' and the Brown's cases?

9. What does Richard Kerner say is his reason for always wearing a business suit in Chapter 9?

10. Describe the city of Ada as it is described in Chapter 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the mistakes of the Ada police department in the Denice Haraway case. How could these mistakes have been avoided? How did these mistakes destroy the future of both Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of family to Tommy Ward as depicted in The Dreams of Ada. Give at least three examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

By researching the jury selecting process of the Oklahoma State Justice Department in today's society, write an essay comparing and contrasting the jury selection of today's society to that of the jury selection of the Haraway murder case. Justify your answer by using specific examples from the text.

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