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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Willie's photographer, Wiley Meek?
(a) Shot
(b) Stabbed
(c) Ran off the road
(d) Beaten almost to death

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

4. What does Harry Rex give Willie?
(a) His phone number
(b) A hunting knife
(c) A bottle of whiskey
(d) A gun

5. What does Lydia's ex-husband say is the reason they were divorcing?
(a) Lydia is a lesbian
(b) Lydia was joining a convent
(c) Lydia was a drug runner
(d) Lydia was a floozy

6. At lunch that week what does Callie call Willie?
(a) Courageous
(b) Marvelous
(c) Thick headed
(d) Stupid

7. What did seven of Esau and Calia Ruffin's eight children earn?
(a) Mansions
(b) Teaching degrees
(c) Three figure salaries
(d) Ph.Ds

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

9. What happens that Willie is able to cover and helps his newspaper grow?
(a) Vietnam war
(b) The price of milk goes up
(c) Desegregation
(d) A riot in Memphis

10. Where does Willie get the money to buy the newspaper?
(a) His grandmother
(b) His college friend
(c) His trust fund
(d) The local bank

11. Why had Bubba's older brother been rejected by the draft?
(a) Bad leg
(b) Eyesight
(c) Genetic condition
(d) Too old

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

13. What is the piece of land called where the Padgitt family lives?
(a) Padgitt Island
(b) Padgitt Mountain
(c) Padgitt Holler
(d) Padgitt Commune

14. What does Willie begin covering for the schools?
(a) Football games
(b) Band competitions
(c) Honor student role
(d) Basketball games

15. What religion does Willie claim although he doesn't attend a church?
(a) Episcopalian
(b) Pentecostal
(c) Catholic
(d) Baptist

Short Answer Questions

1. Willie says Bubba and his friends say their war experiences are ______________.

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

3. What does Piston discover?

4. Who is the first witness called when the trial begins?

5. What group decides to write a bunch of letters to be printed taking Willie's view point on the war?

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