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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the preliminary hearing in the case of Ward and Fontenot begin?
(a) December 31.
(b) February 14.
(c) January 1.
(d) January 7.

2. According to the narrator, how long have Steve and Denice Haraway been married?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 8 weeks.

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

4. What do the OSBI technicians use to sift through debris from the burned down house?
(a) Water strainers.
(b) Salt shakers.
(c) Window screens.
(d) Nylon stockings.

5. According to Jeff Miller, who loans Tommy Ward a pickup truck to go get more beer the night Denice Haraway goes missing?
(a) Karl Fontenot.
(b) Jannette Roberts.
(c) Gary Rogers.
(d) Tricia Wolf.

6. How many days after Ward and Fontenot are arrested are they formally charged?
(a) 11 days.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 7 days.

7. 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.

8. According to Bill Peterson, what year was the Wilkins versus State case?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1982.

9. Who gives Karl Fontenot a Christmas basket of fruit and candy?
(a) Detective Captain Dennis Smith.
(b) Judge Powers.
(c) Attorney Don Wyatt.
(d) Tricia Wolf.

10. What is the setting of The Dreams of Ada in Chapter 1?
(a) Ada, Tennessee.
(b) Ada, Alabama.
(c) Ada, Oklahoma.
(d) Ada, West Virginia.

11. Who is the gnarled black woman who is feared by the children of Ada?
(a) Melva Ward.
(b) Linda Thompson.
(c) Terry Hull.
(d) Nigger Sairy.

12. Richard Kerner draws a connection to the Ada case in __________ County.
(a) Pawnee.
(b) Alfalfa.
(c) Seminole.
(d) Grady.

13. In Chapter 1, what is Steve Haraway doing when he receives notice that his wife is missing?
(a) Studying.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Praying.

14. Where is Marie Titsworth when her daughter's truck is impounded?
(a) She was at the Ada police department.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) Cleaning Don Wyatt's house.
(d) She was at Tommy Ward's house.

15. What does Frank Dicus tell Richard Kerner in regards to the Haraway case?
(a) He heard Karl Fontenot talking to Lurke about kidnapping Haraway.
(b) He saw Fontenot and Ward shoot Haraway in the head.
(c) He saw Tommy Ward leaving the burned-out houses covered in blood.
(d) That there were two burned-out houses and the police searched the wrong one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do Joel and Miz Ward try to get from a finance agency?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, about every ________ there is a murder in Ada.

3. When is the Karl Fontenot and Tommy Ward trial held?

4. How long isTommy Ward interviewed by detectives?

5. At the end of Chapter 6, who is notified to appear at the courthouse in January to testify as a witness to Denice Haraway's character?

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