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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 does Mrs. Callie finally decide to do?
(a) Go see Sam
(b) Start exercising
(c) Go on a diet
(d) Change churches

2. What does Willie insist that Callie's family do while in town?
(a) Have a party
(b) Let him get a picture of the family
(c) Got out to eat with him
(d) Stay with him in his home

3. What does McGrew want Willie to do if they buy the paper?
(a) Leave town
(b) A chicken dance
(c) Keep the sell quiet
(d) Stay on for a year to train the new editor

4. Who is one of the few people that speaks out about getting the big business store in Clayton?
(a) Harry Rex
(b) Baggs
(c) Willie
(d) Callie Ruffin

5. Who is shot during Danny's bail hearing?
(a) Danny
(b) Lucien
(c) Sam
(d) Harry Rex

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callie Ruffin say she remembered about the person killed?

2. Where does Willie recognize Lenny Fargarson from?

3. What does Callie Ruffin decide to do though Esau and Sam advise against it?

4. What does the shooter begin shooting after the attack in the courtroom?

5. What does Willie admit that he started some of his arguments because of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Chapter 42 when Maxine Root receives the package from her sister.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the conversation had between Harry Rex and Willie in chapter thirty-eight about Willie selling the paper.

8. What happens at Mr. Youry's house in Chapter 40?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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