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

2. 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) At a burned down house.
(c) At the power plant.
(d) In the lake.

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) Dexter Davis and Willie Barnett.
(c) Sparcino and Lurke.
(d) Randy Rogers and Sparcino.

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

5. How much money do Joel and Miz Ward try to get from a finance agency?
(a) $5000.
(b) $1000.
(c) $100000.
(d) $20000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, who were the first white settlers in Ada?

2. Who suggests to Tommy Ward that he should tell the authorities that he was at McAnally's, but he left before anything happened to Denice Haraway?

3. Who has worked 22 years of his life at Hazel Atlas Glass Container Company?

4. Of all the Ward children, who is called the "runt of the litter"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Jeff Miller give to Detective Dennis Smith at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 8, how does Bud Wolf feel after he begins to recall the times that he and Tommy Ward had shared?

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

4. What does Richard Kerner say is his reason for always wearing a business suit in Chapter 9?

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

6. Why does Tricia Wolf punch Bud Wolf in the shoulder while reading the newspaper at the end of Chapter 5?

7. 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?

8. What two important items does the manager of McAnally's convenience store clean up at the end of Chapter 1? Why are these items important to the disappearance of Denice Haraway?

9. What alibi does Tommy Ward give to police in Chapter 2 about his whereabouts the night Denice Haraway went missing?

10. Describe Denice Haraway as depicted on the missing person flier.

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