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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the bright yellow ribbons placed around a tree near the burned down house represent?
(a) Where the police search for Denice Haraway's body.
(b) The tree needs to be cut down.
(c) Where the police find Denice Haraway's body.
(d) Where evidence of Denice Haraway's DNA is found.

2. What 1983 "no-body" case turned up in Oklahoma law?
(a) Smith.
(b) Carter.
(c) Rawlings.
(d) Brown.

3. According to the austere law books in regards to a murder trial, you do not need a body if __________.
(a) Someone confesses to the murder.
(b) The suspect does not have an alibi.
(c) There are no suspects.
(d) The circumstantial evidence is strong enough.

4. When speaking with Richard Kerner, who does Ms. Lavielle say the two composite sketches of the Haraway suspects look like?
(a) Randy Rogers and Sparcino.
(b) Kendall Holland and Willie Barnett.
(c) Dexter Davis and Willie Barnett.
(d) Sparcino and Lurke.

5. After Bud Wolf shoots a snake, what animal crawls out of its mouth?
(a) A rat.
(b) Another snake.
(c) A frog.
(d) A bird.

6. Who decides to defend Tommy Ward in the Denice Haraway murder trial?
(a) George Butner.
(b) Don Wyatt.
(c) Bill Peterson.
(d) Richard Kerner.

7. Ward tells Gary Rogers to look for Denice's body in all of the following locations, EXCEPT which one?
(a) In a concrete bunker.
(b) In the lake.
(c) At a burned down house.
(d) At the power plant.

8. Tommy Ward changes his testimony and says the he had gone into McAnally's, but not with Karl Fontenot. With whom did he go?
(a) Jason Lurche.
(b) Jim Moyer.
(c) Jay Dicus.
(d) Marty Ashley.

9. C.L. Wolf is the only man in Ada who can fix __________.
(a) Boats.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Lawn mowers.
(d) Motors.

10. How does District Attorney Peterson's father die?
(a) He dies of cancer.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) A tree falls on him.
(d) He dies of natural causes.

11. Who administers Ward's polygraph test?
(a) Dennis Smith.
(b) Don Wyatt.
(c) Bill Peterson.
(d) Rusty Featherstone.

12. Who receives a threatening phone call saying "he needs to stop defending Ward-or else!"?
(a) Joel Ward.
(b) Bill Peterson.
(c) Don Wyatt.
(d) Richard Kerner.

13. What type of pet does Miz Ward own?
(a) A fish.
(b) A goat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

14. Who is the small, dark, gentle Indian woman who makes a living cleaning houses for people in Ada?
(a) Dean Petterson.
(b) Denice Haraway.
(c) Marie Titsworth.
(d) Jannette Roberts.

15. Who asks George Butner to represent Karl Fontenot as his court-appointed attorney?
(a) Tommy Ward.
(b) Don Wyatt.
(c) Dennis Smith.
(d) Judge Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a story in the Ada News, how much does Denice Haraway weigh?

2. In what County Jail is Ward incarcerated?

3. What is Tommy Ward diagnosed with at the Valley View Hospital?

4. Who does Don Wyatt hire in Chapter 9 to further investigate the Ward trial?

5. How many children do Jesse and Susie Ward have?

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