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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie find under his door when he returns to work?
(a) A letter from Ginger
(b) A lottery ticket
(c) Letters to the editor
(d) A threat from the Padgitts

2. How does Sam leave town when Mr. Durant wants him dead?
(a) Hitchhiked
(b) On a Greyhound bus
(c) Took a cab
(d) In his Volkswagen

3. What is Willie's next story about in Chapter 9?
(a) Rhonda's neighbors
(b) Danny Padgitt's sordid history
(c) The bomb
(d) Rhonda's family

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

5. How long does it take to get the verdict back?
(a) Four hours
(b) Two days
(c) Half a day
(d) Less than an hour

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

7. What is Willie told in reference to how Danny is most likely being treated while in jail?
(a) Sleeping in the detox tank
(b) Like a prince
(c) Living the good life
(d) Having a rough time of it

8. Who came to get Rhonda's children after her death?
(a) Their cousin
(b) Their father
(c) Their grandmother
(d) Their aunt

9. What does Danny do as he gets off the stand?
(a) Threatens the jury
(b) Spits on the judge
(c) Threatens Willie
(d) Threatens the district attorney

10. What does Sam contact Willie and ask him to do?
(a) Get protection
(b) Get him a fast car
(c) Sneak him into town
(d) Talk to Mr. Durant on Sam's behalf

11. What does the district attorney ask that they do for the murder trial?
(a) Have a mock trial
(b) Enlarge the jury pool
(c) Move the trial to a different state
(d) Pull the death sentence off the table

12. Where do Ginger and Willie go to celebrate the guilty verdict?
(a) Rhonda's house
(b) Louisiana
(c) The Padgitt drive way
(d) Memphis

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

14. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?
(a) Callie was a smart woman
(b) Blacks were thought to be more sympathetic to criminals
(c) Blacks were easy to manipulate
(d) Blacks were to uneducated to know

15. Who receives one of the summons to be on the jury pool?
(a) Willie
(b) Callie Ruffin
(c) Harry Rex
(d) Esau Ruffin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the piece of land called where the Padgitt family lives?

2. What does Lydia's ex-husband say is the reason they were divorcing?

3. Where had Sam Ruffin been working when he was sixteen?

4. What piece of evidence is presented that had belonged to Danny Padgitt?

5. What does Bubba say will not be at the poker game?

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