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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 | Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's happening at the jail when Willie and his photographer arrive?
(a) Danny Padgitt is being fingerprinted
(b) Danny Padgitt is having mug shots taken
(c) Danny Padgitt is being released
(d) The sheriff is asleep

2. How old is Willie when he takes over ownership of the paper?
(a) 42
(b) 23
(c) 31
(d) 27

3. What did seven of Esau and Calia Ruffin's eight children earn?
(a) Ph.Ds
(b) Teaching degrees
(c) Mansions
(d) Three figure salaries

4. Where does Willie get the money to buy the newspaper?
(a) The local bank
(b) His grandmother
(c) His college friend
(d) His trust fund

5. What does Piston discover?
(a) A bomb
(b) A death threat
(c) A severed finger
(d) A bottle of moonshine

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been Willie Traynor's dream?

2. What happens to the newspaper after Willie's second story in Chapter 6?

3. What happens to Willie's photographer, Wiley Meek?

4. Who is surprisingly called to the stand to prove the point that Danny Padgitt can't get a fair trial?

5. What does Baggy say surprised him?

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