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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Although it is a big part of the news in the world what does Willie note is not mentioned during the campaigns?
(a) Segregation
(b) Vietnam
(c) Unemployment rate
(d) The Padgitt family trials

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

4. What happens to The Ford County Times?
(a) It gets sued
(b) The owner has a heart attack
(c) It goes bankrupt
(d) It burns down

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Willie and his photographer the story?

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

3. What happens when the sniper is caught?

4. Why do the rumors in the town say that the district attorney had made his request?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willie's story in Chapter 9 entail?

2. What happens when Willie and his photographer learn about the murder and rape?

3. How are the Padgitt family members described in Chapter 3?

4. What happens when Harry Rex asks Mr. Durant to forgive Sam for the affair?

5. Describe the last day of the trial in Chapter 19 when Danny's punishment is to be decided.

6. What happens in Chapter 15 between Rhonda and Willie.

7. Describe the news story that Willie runs in Chapter 6 and what happens because of it.

8. Describe the letters that Willie receives after the trial.

9. Describe what happened to Sam Ruffin.

10. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

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