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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie know has happened to Mr. Trooper Durant?
(a) Passed away
(b) Had a stroke
(c) Divorced twice
(d) Went out of business

2. What is the last thing Willie writes for the newspaper?
(a) Callie's obituary
(b) Hank Hooten's story
(c) The notice of the sale of the newspaper
(d) Danny Padgitt's obituary

3. What does McGrew want Willie to do if they buy the paper?
(a) A chicken dance
(b) Leave town
(c) Keep the sell quiet
(d) Stay on for a year to train the new editor

4. What are Lenny and his parents seemingly worried about?
(a) Danny Padgitt's eventual parole
(b) Lenny's illness
(c) The Vietnam war
(d) Padgitt family

5. What is the Calico Ridge church known for?
(a) Being rude
(b) Being the Padgitt's church
(c) Speaking in tongues
(d) Snake handling

6. Who does the Sheriff say he is going to have to talk to?
(a) Lucien Wilbanks
(b) Danny Padgitt
(c) Callie Ruffin
(d) County Coroner

7. What legitimate business do the Padgitts begin buying their way into?
(a) Food transportation
(b) Clothing
(c) Highway construction
(d) Medicine

8. How many churches does Willie make a list of in Ford County?
(a) Eighty eight
(b) A hundred and six
(c) Thirty five
(d) Seventy two

9. What does Ollie use while hunting?
(a) Bow and arrow
(b) Night-vision goggles
(c) Grenades
(d) Full camo

10. What has Callie's house become?
(a) A haven
(b) A prison
(c) Stale
(d) A reminder that the jurors are hunted

11. What does Willie give Mrs. Callie when they have lunch?
(a) A copy of Danny's parole hearing
(b) A birthday card
(c) Letters from Sam
(d) A copy of the paper

12. What has Willie given up the idea of finding in Clayton?
(a) Happiness
(b) A good hunting dog
(c) Wife
(d) Someone who understands him

13. What does Sheriff McNaught ask Willie for?
(a) Harry Rex's number
(b) His story about Lenny's accident
(c) A list of jurors
(d) A ride back into town

14. What does Harry Rex say will happen if there is another murder soon?
(a) The town will have FBI there
(b) The jurors will move out of town
(c) A war between cops and the Padgitts
(d) Padgitt will go straight to jail

15. Who is expecting trouble with Danny Padgitt out of jail?
(a) Baggs
(b) Callie Ruffin
(c) Sam Ruffin
(d) Willie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mayor ban?

2. What does Lucien Willbanks specifically say about Willie in regards to the meeting?

3. What does Harry Rex say that the parole board's private meeting rules were in clear contradiction of?

4. How much is Willie told his newspaper business is worth?

5. Why did Willie not go to Mo Teale's funeral?

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