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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Callie tell Willie she is concerned about?
(a) Willie's soul
(b) Willie's life
(c) Willie's health
(d) Danny Padgitt's trial

3. What do Willie and the Tishomingo County Sheriff laugh at?
(a) How inbred the Padgitts are
(b) How rediculous Lydia's testimony was
(c) The bad road construction
(d) How corrupt Sheriff Coley has become

4. Who does Willie receive a phone call from?
(a) Esau
(b) Harry Rex
(c) Callie
(d) Baggs

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

6. How many letters to the editor about the trial does Willie send on to print?
(a) Twelve
(b) Six
(c) Three
(d) Eighteen

7. Where do the landlord's sisters say they will move?
(a) Alabama
(b) Florida
(c) California
(d) Virginia

8. What does Willie put in his article that he knows will get him a 'slap on the wrist'.
(a) Negative talk about the president
(b) Picture of a black soldier
(c) Bad language
(d) A picture of a grieving mother

9. What does Bubba say will not be at the poker game?
(a) Beer
(b) War stories
(c) Pot
(d) Food

10. What does Bubba Crockett tell Willie that he knew was going to happen a week after Bubba arrived at Vietnam?
(a) He was going to die
(b) They were going to win the war
(c) He would get back home
(d) His friends were going to die

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

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

13. Who is the first witness called when the trial begins?
(a) Rhonda's neighbor
(b) Sheriff Coley
(c) Baggs
(d) Harry Rex

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

15. What does Willie hear while in his office?
(a) Screaming
(b) Gun shots
(c) Police sirens
(d) A bomb going off

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story does Willie run that many of his staff members are not happy with?

3. Who is called as a witness that gives a very upsetting testimony?

4. What religion does Willie claim although he doesn't attend a church?

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

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