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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. What is the Padgitt family known for selling?
(a) Government contraband
(b) Whiskey
(c) Pigs
(d) Stolen vehicles

2. What does Callie tell Willie she is concerned about?
(a) Willie's health
(b) Willie's soul
(c) Danny Padgitt's trial
(d) Willie's life

3. What does Danny Padgitt's lawyer make a motion for?
(a) To make it a closed trial
(b) To remove all reporters from the courtroom
(c) To change venue
(d) To have the case dismissed

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

5. How old is Willie when he takes over ownership of the paper?
(a) 23
(b) 42
(c) 31
(d) 27

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to The Ford County Times?

2. Why does Harry Rex later tell Willie that Callie was chosen as a juror?

3. What had been wrong with Willie's mother that he hadn't had food as good as Callie Ruffin's?

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

5. The morning the paper comes out what is Willie at the Court House for?

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