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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 does Callie tell Willie she is concerned about?

2. What does Lydia's ex-husband say is the reason they were divorcing?

3. What do Willie and Wiley hear a lot of while they are sitting at the table in the dinner?

4. What verdict does the jury come to in regards to Danny serving a life sentence or receiving the death penalty?

5. What does Willie worry about after hearing Lydia Vince's testimony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the election campaign that takes place in Chapter 27.

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

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

4. What happens when Harry Rex asks Mr. Durant to forgive Sam for the affair?

5. Describe the last day of the trial in Chapter 19 when Danny's punishment is to be decided.

6. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

7. Describe the testimony of Lydia's ex-husband.

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

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

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

Callie Ruffin doesn't approve of the mixed race marriage that she sees while in Memphis. How do her feelings of the mixed race couple add to the story line? Has the view on mixed race couples changed a lot since the seventies? Explain.

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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