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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie say makes it impossible for him to leave town?
(a) Until Callie was better
(b) The killings
(c) Until the paper was fully taken over
(d) Until the elections were over

2. What does Lucien Willbanks specifically say about Willie in regards to the meeting?
(a) Willie is not to know about it
(b) Willie is not to print any information
(c) Willie is not invited
(d) Willie is to bring cookies

3. Who is expecting trouble with Danny Padgitt out of jail?
(a) Baggs
(b) Callie Ruffin
(c) Willie
(d) Sam Ruffin

4. What does Sheriff McNaught tell Maxine Root's brothers to do?
(a) Stay close to their sister
(b) Stay away from Padgitt island
(c) Keep their guns in their trucks
(d) Take off their stupid hats

5. What does the shooter begin shooting after the attack in the courtroom?
(a) Various buildings
(b) Lucien's law office windows
(c) The other jurors
(d) Padgitt's car

6. What does Willie tell Harry Rex he is thinking about doing?
(a) Moving from Ford County
(b) Selling the paper
(c) Going to Padgitt island
(d) Marrying

7. What does Ollie call his late night 'varmit' hunting?
(a) Gook huntin'
(b) Looking for demons
(c) Zipperhead huntin'
(d) Fun

8. What has Willie given up the idea of finding in Clayton?
(a) A good hunting dog
(b) Happiness
(c) Someone who understands him
(d) Wife

9. How much is Willie told his newspaper business is worth?
(a) 10 million
(b) A hundred thousand
(c) Can't really say
(d) 1.2 million

10. What does Harry Rex say that the parole board's private meeting rules were in clear contradiction of?
(a) Second Amendment
(b) Moral conduct
(c) First Amendment
(d) State Law

11. How does Willie treat the closing of the small stores on Main Street?
(a) As if it would sell papers
(b) Like it was only mildly interesting
(c) Like no one cared
(d) Like an obituary

12. What does Willie insist that Callie's family do while in town?
(a) Got out to eat with him
(b) Have a party
(c) Stay with him in his home
(d) Let him get a picture of the family

13. What is the Calico Ridge church known for?
(a) Being rude
(b) Being the Padgitt's church
(c) Snake handling
(d) Speaking in tongues

14. Who does Willie see at Calico Ridge church?
(a) Ginger
(b) Hank Hooten
(c) Ollie
(d) A member of the Padgitt family

15. What happened to Callie when the shooting began?
(a) Fainted
(b) Had a heart attack
(c) Had a stroke
(d) Was hit by shrapnel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie do once the house is finished?

2. What is Paster Cooper's sermon about in Chapter 34?

3. What does Willie want to be honored if he sells the paper?

4. Where does Willie learn that Danny Padgitt has been moved to?

5. Who arrives back in Ford County in Chapter 36?

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