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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 17 | Part 1, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Willie's next story about in Chapter 9?
(a) Rhonda's family
(b) Rhonda's neighbors
(c) Danny Padgitt's sordid history
(d) The bomb

2. Who goes back to the office with Willie to await the jury's verdict?
(a) The district attorney
(b) Harry Rex
(c) Ginger
(d) Baggs

3. Why do the rumors in the town say that the district attorney had made his request?
(a) To make it harder for Danny to escape
(b) To make it harder to buy a jury
(c) To stop gossip
(d) To keep word of the trial from leaking out

4. How long does it take to get the verdict back?
(a) Less than an hour
(b) Two days
(c) Half a day
(d) Four hours

5. Who tells Willie and his photographer the story?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Deece
(b) The bartender
(c) Rhonda's children
(d) The arresting officer

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Willie and Wiley hear a lot of while they are sitting at the table in the dinner?

2. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?

3. What does Danny Padgitt's lawyer make a motion for?

4. How did Mr. DeJarnette die?

5. What does Harry Rex invite Willie to come to?

(see the answer key)

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