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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. Where had Sam Ruffin been working when he was sixteen?

2. What happens when the sniper is caught?

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

4. Who makes fun of Willie's new wardrobe?

5. Who is the first witness called when the trial begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Willie's story in Chapter 9 entail?

3. What happens in Chapter 15 between Rhonda and Willie.

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

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

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

7. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2

8. Describe what happens to Willie and his living situation in Chapter 29

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

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

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

1) Is there any chance that another draft would be started in time of war? Explain.

2) Would you ask your children to dodge the draft? Explain your answer.

3) Would you view it differently if your child signed up for the service as apposed to a draft? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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