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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I, 25- 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who purchases the auctioned land?
(a) Sheriff Wade
(b) The Dumpkeeper
(c) Buster
(d) Greer

2. What does Ballard find in the boards of the house his first night there?
(a) A black snake
(b) A boar's skull
(c) A possum
(d) Termites

3. What free gifts are being handed out at the auction?
(a) Ball caps
(b) Toy cars
(c) Arrow heads
(d) Silver dollars

4. What do the Dumpkeeper and Lester Ballard drink together?
(a) Moonshine
(b) Pure mash whiskey
(c) Everclear
(d) Popskull whiskey

5. Whose house is auctioned at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Greer's
(b) C.B.'s
(c) Ballard's
(d) The Dumpkeeper's

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does the Dumpkeeper have?

2. What does the anonymous driver by Lester's house toss out of his car window?

3. What type of fish is Ballard looking for in the creek in late summer?

4. To what are the musicians and auctioneer compared at the end of Act 1?

5. How many rooms is Lester Ballard's new house?

(see the answer key)

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