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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 is the blonde daughter doing when Ballard approaches her?
(a) Hanging up wash
(b) Getting drunk
(c) Bathing
(d) Cooking lunch

2. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?
(a) Alcoholic
(b) Mad
(c) Lean
(d) Bitter

3. What color does the smith say the blade should turn in the second heat?
(a) Yellow
(b) White
(c) Orange
(d) Red

4. What color dress does Ballard buy?
(a) Black
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Blue

5. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?
(a) Finney stole his lunch
(b) Finney was black
(c) Finney would not fetch his ball
(d) Finney called him a name

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the black boy in the car outside Lester's house?

2. Where does the auctioneer give his pitch?

3. How did Lester Ballard's father die?

4. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?

5. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?

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