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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Karl Fontenot while he is in jail?

2. Who asks George Butner to represent Karl Fontenot as his court-appointed attorney?

3. In Chapter 1, what is Steve Haraway doing when he receives notice that his wife is missing?

4. The narrator states that _________ became the Will of God to Tommy Ward.

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

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

3. Why are both Ward and Fontenot admitted to Eastern State Hospital?

4. Describe the first degree charges filed against Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot in Chapter 5.

5. 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?

6. How is the Haraway case different from both the Rawlings' and the Brown's cases?

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. Describe the character of Jannette Roberts. Why are detectives interested in speaking with her in Chapter 3?

10. What six courses of action does Don Wyatt outline for Richard Kerner to pursue in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of the perception of reality and dreams as seen in The Dreams of Ada.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the controversy over the composite sketches in the Denice Haraway murder case. How useful or reliable are composite sketches? Should composite sketches be used as evidence against a suspect? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

There are times when one's past gets held against them. Discuss how both Tommy Ward's and Karl Fontenot's ugly pasts get held against them in the Denice Haraway case.

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