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

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

3. What does Willie say that he and the paper had done together?
(a) Fought for the truth
(b) Matured
(c) Suceeded
(d) Made a name in Ford County

4. What does Sheriff McNaught tell Maxine Root's brothers to do?
(a) Stay away from Padgitt island
(b) Stay close to their sister
(c) Take off their stupid hats
(d) Keep their guns in their trucks

5. Who does Willie see at Calico Ridge church?
(a) A member of the Padgitt family
(b) Ollie
(c) Ginger
(d) Hank Hooten

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people is Willie able to find to go with him to the parole hearing of Danny Padgitt?

2. What is Paster Cooper's sermon about in Chapter 34?

3. What does Sheriff McNaught ask Willie for?

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

5. How much is Willie told his newspaper business is worth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lucien say about Danny's involvement with the murders?

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

4. Describe the reaction when Willie learns that Danny Padgitt's parole hearing is to be held the next day in Chapter 33.

5. Describe what happens after Callie's last heart attack in Chapter 44?

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Callie say about Mr. Wainwright and his store in Chapter 34?

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

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

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