View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 | Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie's next story focus on?
(a) Rhonda's children
(b) The sheriff and his connection with the family
(c) The crime scene
(d) The treatment Danny is receiving in jail

2. How does Willie describe the newspaper office?
(a) Old and cluttered
(b) Prehistoric
(c) Smelly and in need of new paint
(d) Run down and falling apart

3. Who came to get Rhonda's children after her death?
(a) Their father
(b) Their cousin
(c) Their aunt
(d) Their grandmother

4. What is it about Danny Padgitt that makes the cop reach for his handcuffs?
(a) Blood and his angry voice
(b) Blood and alcohol
(c) Danny is talking about a woman that is dead
(d) The phone call from the victim's neighbor

5. What does Willie Traynor learn about that makes him decide to go to work in a small town paper?
(a) The ability to make your own hours
(b) The ability to choose your own stories
(c) The money
(d) The freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. At lunch that week what does Callie call Willie?

2. What does Danny Padgitt's lawyer make a motion for?

3. What does the defense lawyer say that Willie's story has done?

4. Who is surprisingly called to the stand to prove the point that Danny Padgitt can't get a fair trial?

5. How old is Willie when he takes over ownership of the paper?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample