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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 does Willie wake up to help him go through law books?
(a) Esau Ruffin
(b) Harry Rex
(c) Wiley Meek
(d) Baggy

2. Who doesn't come to the hospital?
(a) Sheriff McNaught
(b) Margaret
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Fargarson
(d) Reverand Thurston Small

3. Who does the Sheriff say he is going to have to talk to?
(a) Danny Padgitt
(b) County Coroner
(c) Callie Ruffin
(d) Lucien Wilbanks

4. What does the state trooper find in the car filled with high school students hours after graduation?
(a) Opium
(b) Crack
(c) Marijuana
(d) Guns

5. What are Lenny and his parents seemingly worried about?
(a) Lenny's illness
(b) Padgitt family
(c) The Vietnam war
(d) Danny Padgitt's eventual parole

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie insist that Callie's family do while in town?

2. How many years does it take the renovators to finish Willie's house?

3. What does Willie say that he and the paper had done together?

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

5. Why did Willie not go to Mo Teale's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actions of the Padgitts in the beginning of Chapter 32.

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

3. Describe the parole hearing that takes place in Chapter 33.

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

5. Describe Callie's trip to Memphis with Willie in Chapter 41.

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

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

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

9. What do Bubba and his friends talk about in Chapter 30 while they are playing poker?

10. What is Willie's reaction to seeing Hank Hooten in Chapter 32?

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