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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who passes away leaving Willie feeling guilty for not having spoken to him?
(a) Esau Riffen
(b) The district attorney
(c) Mr. Caudle
(d) The judge

3. What story does Willie run that many of his staff members are not happy with?
(a) Rhonda's life story
(b) The Padgitt family story
(c) The Ruffin family story
(d) The story of crooked politicians

4. What is the sniper wearing when found?
(a) Naked
(b) His pajamas
(c) A business suit
(d) A dress

5. Where do Ginger and Willie go to celebrate the guilty verdict?
(a) Memphis
(b) Rhonda's house
(c) Louisiana
(d) The Padgitt drive way

6. What did Esau instruct his children to do before they left home?
(a) Write once a month to their motherc
(b) Send home money
(c) Write once a week to their mother
(d) Call once a week

7. What is the piece of land called where the Padgitt family lives?
(a) Padgitt Island
(b) Padgitt Commune
(c) Padgitt Mountain
(d) Padgitt Holler

8. Where does Will offer to drive Ginger, Rhonda's sister?
(a) To Callin Ruffin's for lunch
(b) To her hotel
(c) To his place
(d) To Rhonda's house

9. What is Willie told in reference to how Danny is most likely being treated while in jail?
(a) Sleeping in the detox tank
(b) Living the good life
(c) Having a rough time of it
(d) Like a prince

10. Why do the rumors in the town say that the district attorney had made his request?
(a) To make it harder for Danny to escape
(b) To stop gossip
(c) To make it harder to buy a jury
(d) To keep word of the trial from leaking out

11. What is wrong with Callie?
(a) Had a heat stroke
(b) High blood pressure
(c) Low blood sugar
(d) Hadn't eaten

12. Why does Baggy say the family has decided to leave the trial in their hometown?
(a) So that Danny will be closer to home
(b) They don't have the money to go through all the steps
(c) They can buy the jury there
(d) They can drive to the trial easier

13. What do Willie and Wiley hear a lot of while they are sitting at the table in the dinner?
(a) About Rhonda's life and troubles
(b) About the Padgitt family history
(c) About Danny Padgitt's past offenses
(d) About the rape and murder

14. What do District Attorney Gaddis and Henry Rex decide they need to do?
(a) Figure out who gave her money
(b) Find out who her husband is
(c) Find out where Lydia lives
(d) Prove Lydia is lying

15. Where is the sniper located?
(a) Top of the library
(b) Top of the courthouse
(c) On a park bench
(d) Inside a car

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie realize he has left either in his car or his apartment?

2. What does Willie Traynor learn about that makes him decide to go to work in a small town paper?

3. What does Willie's next story focus on?

4. Who came to get Rhonda's children after her death?

5. What does Lydia's ex-husband say is the reason they were divorcing?

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