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

2. Who is hired to investigate the affair that Iris Durant is having?
(a) The local sheriff
(b) Baggs
(c) Mr. Caudle
(d) Harry Rex

3. What group decides to write a bunch of letters to be printed taking Willie's view point on the war?
(a) Parents of those lost in the war
(b) Preachers
(c) High school students
(d) Young men that had been drafted

4. What does Harry Rex invite Willie to come to?
(a) A goat roast
(b) A small dance
(c) A creek party
(d) A muddin' party

5. What does Baggy say surprised him?
(a) That the bomb didn't go off
(b) That people like that were still around
(c) That the bomb wasnt' at Willie's home
(d) That the Padgitts didn't come and kill Willie themselves

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baggy say that Callie will be chosen as a juror?

2. How much money does Willie lose playing poker?

3. Why had Bubba's older brother been rejected by the draft?

4. What does Willie put in his article that he knows will get him a 'slap on the wrist'.

5. What does Willie hear while in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 15 between Rhonda and Willie.

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

3. What happens between Ginger and Willie in Chapter 18?

4. Describe the last day of the trial in Chapter 19 when Danny's punishment is to be decided.

5. What is Willie's response when he learns that a young man from Ford county has been killed in the Vietnam war in Chapter 28?

6. Describe what happens to Willie and his living situation in Chapter 29

7. Describe Rhonda Kassellaw as she is explained in Chapter 2.

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

9. Describe what happened to Sam Ruffin.

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

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