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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. After moving to Frog Mountain, who does Ballard spend many nights watching?
(a) The Dumpkeeper's blonde daughter
(b) Greer
(c) Ralph's daughter
(d) The Sheriff

2. What is the first thing that Lester Ballard does after returning home with the body?
(a) Undress her
(b) Makeses lunch
(c) Sleeps
(d) Chops firewood

3. What sound does Ballard hear in the distance as he walks through the woods in Chapter 39 (pp. 136-137)?
(a) Dogs barking
(b) A siren
(c) An axe chopping
(d) A scream

4. What animals mill about the stream that passes through Ballard's cave?
(a) Goby fish
(b) Moles
(c) Crawfish
(d) Bats

5. Who does Ballard run into while in town?
(a) The Sleeping Woman
(b) C.B.
(c) The Sheriff
(d) Greer

Short Answer Questions

1. From what group did the White Caps splinter?

2. What strikes Ballard as he crosses the rushing creek?

3. How does the Sheriff travel around the town in Chapter 45 (pp. 160-168)?

4. In what year was Fate born?

5. What is Ballard approaching a the beginning of Chapter 43 (pp. 149-153)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ballard do at his old property, now Greer's?

2. How do the police catch Kirby selling jars of whiskey?

3. Describe Ballard's appearance at the end of this section.

4. What does Ballard do on his trip into town?

5. How does Ballard's situation change in this section?

6. How were the White Caps run out of Sevier?

7. What wakes Lester Ballard the night after his shopping spree in town?

8. Describe Ballard's second interview by the police.

9. Describe the story Fate tells about the 1899 hanging.

10. What happens to Ballard when he tries to cross the creek?

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