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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II, 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What charge does the Sleeping Woman want to file against Ballard?
(a) Rape
(b) Harrassment
(c) Assault
(d) Attempted Murder

2. What type of bird does Ballard chase down while walking to a friend's house?
(a) A dove
(b) A lark
(c) A pigeon
(d) A robin

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9 (p. 25), what does Ballard fail to shoot in the woods?
(a) A rat
(b) A bird
(c) A deer
(d) A squirrel

4. What does Lester burn in the hearth to start a fire?
(a) A rag doll
(b) A kerosene-soaked rag
(c) Newspaper
(d) Lighter fluid

5. Where does Ballard go the morning after his shack burns?
(a) Into the town
(b) Up the mountain
(c) Down the highway, hitchiking
(d) To his old property

Short Answer Questions

1. Who purchases the auctioned land?

2. What does Ballard hear from the car idling on the side of the road?

3. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?

4. In Chapter 12 (pp. 35-36), how does Ballard remove the cow's head?

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

(see the answer key)

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