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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. Who is told that if he testifies against Tommy Ward a prior conviction for writing bad checks will be dropped?
(a) Bill Peterson.
(b) Karl Fontenot.
(c) Terry McCartney.
(d) John Brown.

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

3. How many children do Jesse and Susie Ward have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

4. Why does the young man in the orange pickup truck flee from police in Chapter 1?
(a) He doesn't want to get a ticket for expired tags.
(b) He doesn't want to get a ticket for running a stop sign.
(c) He has a prior warrent.
(d) He doesn't want to get questioned about the incident at McAnally's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the state medical examiner, who/what does the charred bone remains belong to?

2. Jesse Ward plants a __________ tree the day he marries Susie Ward.

3. Who receives a threatening phone call saying "he needs to stop defending Ward-or else!"?

4. According to the narrator, what is the burden of proof in the Haraway case?

5. In smaller towns, the right-to-counsel for the poor is granted through whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things are District Attorney Bill Peterson trying to establish through the four young witnesses who are a part of Ada's "running crowd"?

2. Who is in the small courtroom at the opposite end of the hallway in the beginning of Chapter 8? Why are they in the courtroom?

3. According to the narrator, what was the turning point in the Ward family?

4. Describe the city of Ada as it is described in Chapter 1.

5. Why do many residents in Ada have police scanners in their homes?

6. Describe the dream Arlene Cameron has in Chapter 5.

7. In Chapter 4, how does Tricia Ward's father react when she tells him her brother Jimmy was smoking marijuana?

8. Why is Detective Dennis Smith's theory about Denice Haraway being dumped into a manhole dismissed by the sewer department?

9. Why does Barney Ward not want to represent Tommy Ward in Chapter 5?

10. Why are there no spectators at the March hearing of the State of Oklahoma versus Ward / Fontenot?

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