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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days is Ballard kept in jail?
(a) Five
(b) Seven
(c) Nine
(d) Three

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

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

4. Who punched Lester Ballard unconscious at the auction?
(a) Sheriff Wade
(b) C.B.
(c) Buster
(d) Greer

5. What is Ballard's friend's name?
(a) Jeremiah
(b) Connor
(c) Dave
(d) Ralph

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard offer to trade Fred Kirby for a jar of whiskey?

2. What does Ballard offer to show the Sheriff when they take him away?

3. According to CB, what might not be worth fifty cents in a year?

4. What does the anonymous driver by Lester's house toss out of his car window?

5. How did Lester Ballard's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Lester Ballard try to broker with Fred Kirby?

2. How does Ballard win three prizes?

3. What happened to Lester Ballard's parents?

4. Why does Ballard abruptly leave the Dumpkeeper's house in Chapter 16?

5. Describe Lester's new home.

6. What changes does Ballard undergo in Chapter 14 (pp. 40-43)?

7. What transpires between Ballard and the woman he finds sleeping on Frog Mountain?

8. Describe Lester Ballard.

9. What process does the blacksmith use to sharpen Ballard's axe head?

10. Describe the interchange that Ballard has with the Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter.

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