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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. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?

2. Who is hired to investigate the affair that Iris Durant is having?

3. Who is called as a witness that gives a very upsetting testimony?

4. What had been wrong with Willie's mother that he hadn't had food as good as Callie Ruffin's?

5. Why does Harry Rex later tell Willie that Callie was chosen as a juror?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Callie's childhood and how she was educated.

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

3. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

4. What happens between Ginger and Willie in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

8. What does the Padgitt family do in order to try and stop Willie from printing his news stories?

9. What happens when Willie and his photographer learn about the murder and rape?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Much of the town knew that the killer of the jury members was very patient and would wait until he could easily get to them.

Were the precautions taken by the towns people to protect their friends and family unnecessary? Useless? Explain.

How would the scene have differed if it had been a modern day setting?

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