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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 piece of evidence is presented that had belonged to Danny Padgitt?
(a) His bloody blue jeans
(b) His bloody shirt
(c) His knife
(d) His blood soaked shoes

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

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

4. What is it about Danny Padgitt that makes the cop reach for his handcuffs?
(a) Danny is talking about a woman that is dead
(b) The phone call from the victim's neighbor
(c) Blood and his angry voice
(d) Blood and alcohol

5. Willie says Bubba and his friends say their war experiences are ______________.
(a) Unreal
(b) Theraputic
(c) Frightening
(d) Disturbing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie realize he has left either in his car or his apartment?

2. Who came to get Rhonda's children after her death?

3. What do Willie and the Tishomingo County Sheriff laugh at?

4. What does the Sheriff say he is thankful he didn't do?

5. What does Willie put in his article that he knows will get him a 'slap on the wrist'.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened to Sam Ruffin.

2. Describe the election campaign that takes place in Chapter 27.

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

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

5. What does the Padgitt family do in order to try and stop Willie from printing his news stories?

6. Describe what is known about the sniper in Chapter 25?

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

8. Explain Callie's childhood and how she was educated.

9. What is Willie's response when he learns that a young man from Ford county has been killed in the Vietnam war in Chapter 28?

10. Describe Rhonda Kassellaw as she is explained in Chapter 2.

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