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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) Prehistoric
(b) Old and cluttered
(c) Smelly and in need of new paint
(d) Run down and falling apart

2. What did Baggy say the Padgitt family was trying to do?
(a) Intimidate the paper
(b) Draw attention away from Danny
(c) Kill Willie
(d) Make Willie leave town

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

4. What does Danny Padgitt's lawyer make a motion for?
(a) To remove all reporters from the courtroom
(b) To make it a closed trial
(c) To change venue
(d) To have the case dismissed

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Willie when he takes over ownership of the paper?

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

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

5. What is Willie's next story about in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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