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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baggy say that the family Padgitt knows?
(a) That Danny is hard to like
(b) That Willie won't stop
(c) That Danny is guilty
(d) That the Rhonda girl had what was comming to her

2. How does Sam leave town when Mr. Durant wants him dead?
(a) Took a cab
(b) Hitchhiked
(c) On a Greyhound bus
(d) In his Volkswagen

3. What had Mr. Hocutt had painted on both doors of his car?
(a) Knives
(b) Eagles
(c) American flags
(d) Flames

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

5. What happens when the sniper is caught?
(a) Put into county jail
(b) Put on medication and sent home
(c) Given a phsyc eval and sent home
(d) Put into a mental institution

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the landlord's sisters say they will move?

2. Who passes away leaving Willie feeling guilty for not having spoken to him?

3. What does Willie hear while in his office?

4. What does Willie worry about after hearing Lydia Vince's testimony?

5. Who is hired to investigate the affair that Iris Durant is having?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Willie goes to Callie's house in Chapter 29?

2. Describe the testimony of Lydia's ex-husband.

3. Describe Willie's newspaper article about Rhonda's rape and murder in Chapter 5

4. What happens when Harry Rex asks Mr. Durant to forgive Sam for the affair?

5. What does Willie's story in Chapter 9 entail?

6. Describe the election campaign that takes place in Chapter 27.

7. What is the response when Willie prints the first installment of the story about the Ruffin family?

8. Describe what happens after Malcolm Vince is murdered in Chapter 22.

9. Describe the letters that Willie receives after the trial.

10. Describe Lydia Vince's testimony in Chapter 16.

(see the answer keys)

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