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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that Willie is able to cover and helps his newspaper grow?

2. Where does Will offer to drive Ginger, Rhonda's sister?

3. What does Willie begin covering for the schools?

4. The morning the paper comes out what is Willie at the Court House for?

5. Who does Willie receive a phone call from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens after Malcolm Vince is murdered in Chapter 22.

2. Describe the scene in Chapter 28 when Willie goes to play poker with Bubba and Bubba's friends.

3. Describe Willie's new look that he puts into play in Chapter 21.

4. Describe the news story that Willie runs in Chapter 6 and what happens because of it.

5. Describe the lunch in Chapter 11 at Callie Ruffin's house.

6. Describe Rhonda Kassellaw as she is explained in Chapter 2.

7. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Willie meets Callie Ruffin for the first time.

8. Describe the goat barbecue that Willie is invited to with Harry Rex.

9. Describe Willie's newspaper article about Rhonda's rape and murder in Chapter 5

10. Describe what is known about the sniper in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a vast change in response from the time that Rhonda Kassellaw is murdered to the point in time when Danny Padgitt gets paroled. Describe the differences in the public response and why the change occurs.

Essay Topic 2

Religion is a strong force behind many of the characters in the book although the main character, Willie Traynor, is an exception.

What role does religion play in the story?

Why do so many people in that area seem to believe so strongly?

How does it affect the reader's perspective that Willie is not a devout Christian?

Essay Topic 3

1) What point of view does the author seem to take on the draft that was used during Vietnam?

2) What does it convey to the reader that Sam was willing to dodge the draft? Explain your answer.

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