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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 denomination of church does Willie visit first?
(a) Catholic
(b) Baptist
(c) Pentecostal
(d) Methodist

2. Who does Baggy say took a bribe in order to release Danny Pagitt?
(a) Senator Theo Morton
(b) Governor Terrance Martin
(c) Sheriff Andy Taylor
(d) Mayor Thomas McClain

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

4. What is Willie told he cannot do after he leaves the parole hearing?
(a) Talk to the defendant
(b) Talk about the parole hearing to his friends
(c) Contact the victim's family
(d) Cover the parole hearing in the paper

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucien's one condition for bringing Danny Padgitt in?

2. What has Callie's house become?

3. What does Mrs. Callie finally decide to do?

4. Where does Willie go to cry?

5. What does Willie do once the house is finished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Willie envisioned happening after he sold the paper and began traveling as it is described in Chapter 44?

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

3. Give the details of Mo Teale's murder in Chapter 38.

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

5. Describe the murder that takes place in Chapter 37.

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

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

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

9. Describe the courtroom scene and the shooter in Chapter 43.

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

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