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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 13 | Part 1, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is surprisingly called to the stand to prove the point that Danny Padgitt can't get a fair trial?
(a) Baggs
(b) Willie
(c) Wiley Meek
(d) Callie Ruffin

2. 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 money
(c) The ability to choose your own stories
(d) The freedom

3. What is the Padgitt family known for selling?
(a) Stolen vehicles
(b) Government contraband
(c) Pigs
(d) Whiskey

4. 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 keep word of the trial from leaking out
(d) To stop gossip

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baggy say that the family Padgitt knows?

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

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

4. Who receives one of the summons to be on the jury pool?

5. What does the defense lawyer say that Willie's story has done?

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