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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
(a) Nine
(b) Seven
(c) Five
(d) Three
2. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?
(a) His rifle
(b) His buttocks
(c) A body
(d) The path
3. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?
(a) He is a derelict and stole the car
(b) His wallet was stolen
(c) He is blind
(d) He is not wearing pants
4. Who finally subdues the Sleeping Woman at the police station?
(a) Ballard
(b) The Sheriff
(c) The Deputy
(d) Fate
5. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?
(a) The Sheriff
(b) The Sleeping Woman
(c) The Deputy
(d) Fate
6. What animal are the hounds chasing in Chapter 22 (pp. 68-69)?
(a) A deer
(b) A mallard
(c) A fox
(d) A boar
7. How far from the road is Lester Ballard's shack?
(a) Twenty yards
(b) Three miles
(c) A mile
(d) A quarter mile
8. How many births did the Dumpkeeper's daughters have last summer?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Six
9. What does the anonymous driver by Lester's house toss out of his car window?
(a) A cigarette
(b) A condom wrapper
(c) A fast food bag
(d) A beer can
10. Which of the following is listed as Lester Ballard's lineage?
(a) Saxon and Celtic
(b) Scottish and Navajo
(c) Celtic and Negro
(d) Cherokee and Negro
11. How much does the blacksmith charge to sharpen and repair Ballard's axe?
(a) Seven dollars
(b) Two dollars
(c) Four dollars
(d) One dollar
12. Where does Ballard's friend's daughter go when she leaves the house?
(a) The woods
(b) The bus
(c) Ballard's friend's truck
(d) The outhouse
13. How much money does the blonde daughter demand of Ballard to show him her breasts?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) Ten cents
(c) Twenty-five cents
(d) One dollar
14. Who punched Lester Ballard unconscious at the auction?
(a) Buster
(b) Greer
(c) Sheriff Wade
(d) C.B.
15. Who purchases the auctioned land?
(a) Buster
(b) The Dumpkeeper
(c) Greer
(d) Sheriff Wade
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the "Sevier County pocketknife society" do at their meetings outside the police station?
2. What heavy object does Lester lug up to his new house on the first day?
3. Which of the following is not one of the terms townspeople assign to Ballard at the end of this section?
4. How many daughters does the Dumpkeeper have?
5. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
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