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

2. What is it about Danny Padgitt that makes the cop reach for his handcuffs?
(a) Blood and alcohol
(b) The phone call from the victim's neighbor
(c) Danny is talking about a woman that is dead
(d) Blood and his angry voice

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

4. What does the defense lawyer say that Willie's story has done?
(a) Lied
(b) Made life unbearable for the family
(c) Tainted the Padgitt family name
(d) Corrupted the jury pool

5. The morning the paper comes out what is Willie at the Court House for?
(a) To get the weekly police reports
(b) Voting
(c) A traffic ticket
(d) The bail hearing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had been wrong with Willie's mother that he hadn't had food as good as Callie Ruffin's?

3. What does Willie's next story focus on?

4. What is Willie told in reference to how Danny is most likely being treated while in jail?

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

(see the answer key)

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