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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bear, Pages 218 - 244.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hipps feel about Mississippi as he drives away after the auction?
(a) He is apathetic to the state as a whole.
(b) He will continue doing business there.
(c) He will never return there.
(d) He would like to move his family there.

2. Which character sarcastically tells the farmers to, "go buy something else that will kill you"?
(a) Wallstreet.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Ratcliff.
(d) Varner.

3. Why is the tall convict no longer required to serve the rest of his sentence from before the flood?
(a) Because he has completed his duty by saving the refugee.
(b) Because he was declared legally dead.
(c) Because he was absolved by the governor.
(d) Because the fat convict has taken on the rest of his sentence.

4. In which case does the judge cite an obscure law in which, "the ownership of a commodity is not transferred unless there is the exchange of some money"?
(a) In the case against Varner.
(b) In the case against Tull.
(c) In the case against Eck.
(d) In the case against Snopes.

5. What governmental rank does the man have whom the tall convict finally turns himself into?
(a) Baliff.
(b) Deputy.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction from the townsfolk when they hear the news that Old Ben is dead?

2. How does Tull feel about the verdict handed down by the judge regarding his case against Eck?

3. While walking along the water, the convict finds a small hut raised up on what?

4. Which of the following men is solely responsible for killing Old Ben?

5. What does the convict use as an oar for the boat when he loses the real one?

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