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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 is the Calico Ridge church known for?
2. Who is one of the few people that speaks out about getting the big business store in Clayton?
3. What does Ollie call his late night 'varmit' hunting?
4. Who does Willie volunteer to tell about the murder?
5. What does Callie Ruffin decide to do though Esau and Sam advise against it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conversation had between Harry Rex and Willie in chapter thirty-eight about Willie selling the paper.
2. Describe what happens after Callie's last heart attack in Chapter 44?
3. Describe the courtroom scene and the shooter in Chapter 43.
4. What does Sheriff McNaught say to Maxine Root in the end of Chapter 39?
5. Describe the scene in Chapter 30 where the teenager are pulled over by the state trooper.
6. Describe the reaction when Willie learns that Danny Padgitt's parole hearing is to be held the next day in Chapter 33.
7. Describe the parole hearing that takes place in Chapter 33.
8. Recount the conversation between Willie and Mr. McGrew.
9. Give the details of Mo Teale's murder in Chapter 38.
10. Describe the murder that takes place in Chapter 37.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what is known about Rhonda Kassellaw.
1) Is it easy to sympathize with her as a victim? Why.
2) Why did the author chose to leave little information about her and her character?
Essay Topic 2
What role does desegregation play in the story? How would the story have changed had it been more modern day?
Essay Topic 3
During the course of the story the main character, Willie, changes quite a bit. Explain Willie's character at the beginning of the story and then give an explanation of it as it appears at the end of the story. In what ways has he changed? In what ways has he remained unchanged?
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