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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. Who arrives back in Ford County in Chapter 36?
(a) Lydia
(b) Danny Padgitt
(c) Sam Ruffin
(d) Ginger

2. What does Harry Rex demand his friends keep quiet?
(a) Harry Rex's girlfriend
(b) Danny Padgitt's trial
(c) The back room at Pepe's
(d) The secrete of the goat roast

3. What has Willie put off telling Callie?
(a) He is leaving Clayton
(b) He sold the paper
(c) Willie is going back home to care for his grandmother
(d) Willie wants to get married

4. Willie is awakened and informed that what is taking place the next day?
(a) A press confrence
(b) Danny Padgitt's parole hearing
(c) Danny Padgitt's release
(d) An election in Ford County

5. What does the mayor ban?
(a) Talk of the murders
(b) Guns
(c) Fireworks
(d) Liquor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darla leave with Willie before she leaves?

2. What are Lenny and his parents seemingly worried about?

3. What does Willie learn the murder victims had in common?

4. What does Sheriff McNaught say that they got from the woods behind Lenny Fargarson's house?

5. Who does Willie volunteer to tell about the murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the news of Danny Padgitt hit the people in Clayton as it is described in Chapter 31?

2. What do Lenny Fargarson and Willie talk about in Chapter 34?

3. Recount the conversation between Willie and Mr. McGrew.

4. Describe what is seen of Danny Padgitt in Chapter 31.

5. Describe the scene in Chapter 30 where the teenager are pulled over by the state trooper.

6. What does Sheriff McNaught say to Maxine Root in the end of Chapter 39?

7. Summarize the conversation that Willie has with Callie in Chapter 37.

8. Describe the Danny Padgitt parole hearing in Chapter 36.

9. What does Willie and Harry Rex argue over in Chapter 39 in regards to the murders?

10. What is the concern about Callie in Chapter 42?

(see the answer keys)

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