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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II, 128 - 141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Ballard buy in the general store on the other side of the mountain?
(a) Beek jerky
(b) Trail mix
(c) Potato chips
(d) A cake

2. What does Ballard initially forget when he leaves the car?
(a) His rifle
(b) His squirrels
(c) His money
(d) His jacket

3. Which of the following is not something that happens in the melee in the police station?
(a) The Sleeping Woman knees Ballard in the groin
(b) Ballard stabs the Sleeping Woman with a pen
(c) The Sleeping Woman slaps Ballard's face
(d) Ballard strangles the Sleeping Woman

4. What words does John sing from his cell regularly?
(a) No woman
(b) Swing low
(c) Oh Lordie
(d) Fly home

5. To what does the narrator compare the bodies that Ballard has arranged deep in his cave?
(a) Sleeping campers
(b) Dead saints
(c) Speed bumps
(d) Egyptian sarcophagi

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?

2. What warning is the speaker given by the animal's owner before beginning the boxing match?

3. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?

4. What color dress does Ballard buy?

5. Where does Ballard go the morning after his shack burns?

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