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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of return does the auctioneer promise on the investment of Ballard's property?
(a) At least ten percent
(b) At least sixteen percent
(c) At least three percent
(d) At least twenty percent

2. What does the child do to Ballard's gift?
(a) Smashes it
(b) Chews its legs off
(c) Sets it free
(d) Snaps its neck

3. Where is Ballard when he finds a woman sleeping under a tree?
(a) Sevier County limits
(b) His old property
(c) The dump
(d) Frog Mountain

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

5. What does Gresham sing when they bury his wife?
(a) The Chickenshit Blues
(b) Camptown Ladies
(c) Gaily the Trombadour
(d) Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

6. Who stares after Lester as he leaves town?
(a) The Deputy
(b) The Sheriff
(c) The Sleeping Woman
(d) Fate

7. What work did Ballard do to make money to buy his rifle?
(a) Setting fence posts
(b) Digging a ditch
(c) Restocking the general store
(d) Plowing fields

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

9. Which of the following is not a charge that has been lodged against Ballard?
(a) Assault and battery
(b) Public drunkeness
(c) Rape
(d) Lewdness toward a minor

10. According to Ballard, what are the causes of all trouble in life?
(a) Money and whiskey
(b) Women and money
(c) Whiskey and women
(d) Money and feuds

11. What dry, tasteless food does Ballard cook over an open flame in his shack in Chapter 21(pp. 66-67)?
(a) Green beans
(b) Connbread
(c) Potatoes
(d) Wild mushrooms

12. Where does Ballard look at wanted posters?
(a) The city jail
(b) The library
(c) The post office
(d) The park bulletin board

13. Which of the following is listed as Lester Ballard's lineage?
(a) Saxon and Celtic
(b) Cherokee and Negro
(c) Celtic and Negro
(d) Scottish and Navajo

14. Where does Ballard's friend's daughter go when she leaves the house?
(a) Ballard's friend's truck
(b) The bus
(c) The outhouse
(d) The woods

15. What does Lester Ballard kick one night that hurts his foot?
(a) A dog
(b) A car
(c) A rock
(d) The house

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the boy in the car not find his wallet when Fate asks for it?

2. What is the name of Bill Parsons' sick old bird dog?

3. What charge does the Sleeping Woman want to file against Ballard?

4. Where does Garfuzzle tell Ballard that the Sleeping Woman has gone?

5. What does Lester burn in the hearth to start a fire?

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