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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much money does Ballard eventually get for all of his watches?
(a) Eight dollars
(b) Twenty-one dollars
(c) Fourteen dollars
(d) Seventeen dollars
2. Which of the following does Ballard not lose while crossing the creek?
(a) His stuffed tiger
(b) His teddy bears
(c) His victim's clothes
(d) His rifle
3. How many daughters are still living with the Dumpkeeper?
(a) Four
(b) None
(c) One
(d) Three
4. Which of the following is not something that Ballard does to the woman's body the night after his shopping excursion?
(a) Washes her with hot water
(b) Brushes her hair
(c) Puts lipstick on her
(d) Dresses her up
5. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?
(a) Bats
(b) Crawfish
(c) Goby fish
(d) Moles
Short Answer Questions
1. What food does Ballard buy in the general store on the other side of the mountain?
2. What is the only thing different about the car when Ballard returns to later in the day?
3. What does Ballard do with the girl's body at the end of Chapter 27 (pp. 93-95)?
4. What strikes Ballard as he crosses the rushing creek?
5. What does Mrs. Walker hand off to the Sheriff?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what state is the town in this section?
2. Why does Ballard decide to move the dead girl's body to an upper room?
3. What imaginary conversations does Ballard have in the woods?
4. Describe Ballard's appearance at the end of this section.
5. What does Ballard do on his trip into town?
6. What wakes Lester Ballard the night after his shopping spree in town?
7. How does Ballard subsist as the harsh winter descends?
8. Where does Ballard settle at the end of Chapter 30 (pp. 106-108)?
9. How were the White Caps run out of Sevier?
10. What point does Mr. Fox make to Ballard about his debt to the grocery?
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