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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Bill Parsons' sick old bird dog?
(a) Suzie
(b) Betsy
(c) Jumper
(d) Spot
2. Where is the man in the cell opposite of Ballard from?
(a) Lexington, Kentucky
(b) Gadsden, Alabama
(c) Macon, Georgia
(d) Pine Bluff, Arkansas
3. What does the sleeping woman throw at Ballard?
(a) A stick
(b) A rock
(c) An apple
(d) Her shoe
4. What was the nameless boy in Chapter 19 (pp. 57-60) putting in pigeons to make it appear that he was shooting them?
(a) Rice
(b) Helium
(c) Baking soda
(d) Firecrackers
5. What is the Dumpkeeper's name?
(a) Ezekial
(b) Tobin
(c) Reubel
(d) Silas
6. Who punched Lester Ballard unconscious at the auction?
(a) Greer
(b) Buster
(c) Sheriff Wade
(d) C.B.
7. Why can't Fred Kirby find his jar of whiskey?
(a) He was drunk when he hid it
(b) He is blind
(c) The rain buried it over in mud
(d) He has a wide selection of jars with clear liquid in them
8. Who purchases the auctioned land?
(a) Buster
(b) Greer
(c) Sheriff Wade
(d) The Dumpkeeper
9. Which of the following is not among the refuse of the dump?
(a) Truck parts
(b) Old water heaters
(c) Bicycle parts
(d) Rotted fishing boats
10. What is the sleeping woman wearing when Ballard finds her?
(a) A gown
(b) Nothing
(c) A sweatsuit
(d) Pajamas
11. In Chapter 12 (pp. 35-36), how does Ballard remove the cow's head?
(a) A saw
(b) A baseball bat
(c) An axe
(d) A tractor
12. What words does John sing from his cell regularly?
(a) Oh Lordie
(b) Fly home
(c) No woman
(d) Swing low
13. Why did the young Lester Ballard beat up the Finney boy?
(a) Finney called him a name
(b) Finney was black
(c) Finney would not fetch his ball
(d) Finney stole his lunch
14. What is Lester Ballard's only food for dinner on his first night in his new house?
(a) A chocolate bar
(b) Squirrel
(c) Potatoes
(d) Carrots
15. What plastic animals are used in the first game that Ballard plays at the fair?
(a) Bears
(b) Fish
(c) Ducks
(d) Mice
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the blacksmith do with the axe-blade after cooling the metal?
2. Under what animal does the Thantham boy build a fire?
3. Where does Ballard look at wanted posters?
4. What does Lester Ballard bring with him to the auction?
5. How did Lester Ballard's father die?
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