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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 13 | Part 1, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?
(a) Blacks were easy to manipulate
(b) Callie was a smart woman
(c) Blacks were thought to be more sympathetic to criminals
(d) Blacks were to uneducated to know

2. What happens to the newspaper after Willie's second story in Chapter 6?
(a) The revenue doubles
(b) They sell out of papers
(c) Willie is forced to add another reporter
(d) The paper gets sued

3. What did Baggy say the Padgitt family was trying to do?
(a) Draw attention away from Danny
(b) Intimidate the paper
(c) Make Willie leave town
(d) Kill Willie

4. What did seven of Esau and Calia Ruffin's eight children earn?
(a) Ph.Ds
(b) Three figure salaries
(c) Teaching degrees
(d) Mansions

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the district attorney ask that they do for the murder trial?

2. What happens to Willie's photographer, Wiley Meek?

3. What does Harry Rex give Willie?

4. What is the piece of land called where the Padgitt family lives?

5. Why does Baggy say the family has decided to leave the trial in their hometown?

(see the answer key)

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