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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. How does Willie describe the newspaper office?
(a) Old and cluttered
(b) Prehistoric
(c) Smelly and in need of new paint
(d) Run down and falling apart

2. What had been wrong with Willie's mother that he hadn't had food as good as Callie Ruffin's?
(a) Anorexic
(b) Bulimic
(c) She worked all the time and didn't cook
(d) She never bought food

3. What happens to The Ford County Times?
(a) The owner has a heart attack
(b) It burns down
(c) It gets sued
(d) It goes bankrupt

4. What does Willie's next story focus on?
(a) Rhonda's children
(b) The treatment Danny is receiving in jail
(c) The crime scene
(d) The sheriff and his connection with the family

5. What does Willie Traynor learn about that makes him decide to go to work in a small town paper?
(a) The ability to choose your own stories
(b) The ability to make your own hours
(c) The freedom
(d) The money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to get Rhonda's children after her death?

2. What did Baggy say the Padgitt family was trying to do?

3. What is it about Danny Padgitt that makes the cop reach for his handcuffs?

4. What did seven of Esau and Calia Ruffin's eight children earn?

5. What is the Padgitt family known for selling?

(see the answer key)

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