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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Murder in the First Degree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, what does I.T stand for?
(a) Indian Territory.
(b) Industrial Testing.
(c) Information Teaching.
(d) Internet Technology.

2. In what County Jail is Ward incarcerated?
(a) Ada County Jail.
(b) Gerty County Jail.
(c) Pushmataha County Jail.
(d) Pontotoc County Jail.

3. Who claims to have seen Denice Haraway at the trailer court off Country Club Road, about a mile from McAnally's?
(a) Maxine Wolf.
(b) Mildred Gandy.
(c) Thomas Ward.
(d) Nigger Sairy.

4. Which Commandment from the Bible does Tommy Ward quote?
(a) The Seventh Commandment.
(b) The Sixth Commandment.
(c) The First Commandment.
(d) The Tenth Commandment.

5. In smaller towns, the right-to-counsel for the poor is granted through whom?
(a) Court-appointed private attorneys.
(b) Court-appointed public attorneys.
(c) Private attorney of one's choosing.
(d) Public attorney of one's choosing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of all the Ward children, who is considered the most ambitious?

2. What is the setting of The Dreams of Ada in Chapter 1?

3. According to Jeff Miller, who loans Tommy Ward a pickup truck to go get more beer the night Denice Haraway goes missing?

4. Who is the gnarled black woman who is feared by the children of Ada?

5. Who decides to defend Tommy Ward in the Denice Haraway murder trial?

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