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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. The morning the paper comes out what is Willie at the Court House for?
(a) A traffic ticket
(b) Voting
(c) To get the weekly police reports
(d) The bail hearing

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

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

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

5. What did Baggy say the Padgitt family was trying to do?
(a) Kill Willie
(b) Intimidate the paper
(c) Draw attention away from Danny
(d) Make Willie leave town

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is murdered in a nearby county?

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

3. How much money does Willie lose playing poker?

4. At lunch that week what does Callie call Willie?

5. What does Danny do as he gets off the stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the goat barbecue that Willie is invited to with Harry Rex.

2. Describe Willie's new look that he puts into play in Chapter 21.

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

4. Describe what happens after Malcolm Vince is murdered in Chapter 22.

5. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

6. 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?

7. What is the response when Willie prints the first installment of the story about the Ruffin family?

8. Describe the testimony of Lydia's ex-husband.

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

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

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