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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. Why does the young man in the orange pickup truck flee from police in Chapter 1?

2. When does the preliminary hearing in the case of Ward and Fontenot begin?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 2, what does I.T stand for?

4. According to the narrator, what is unique about Barney Ward?

5. Who does the narrator claim is considered the founder of Ada?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Tricia Ward meet Bud Wolf?

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

6. Who are the first three characters introduced to the reader in Chapter 1?

7. Who is Richard Kerner and what kind of relationship does he have with Don Wyatt?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By researching the jury selecting process of the Oklahoma State Justice Department in today's society, write an essay comparing and contrasting the jury selection of today's society to that of the jury selection of the Haraway murder case. Justify your answer by using specific examples from the text.

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

Why do both Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot confess to the murder of Denice Haraway? How do these confessions impact Ward's and Fontenot's futures, including their credibility or reliability?

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