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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. Why do the rumors in the town say that the district attorney had made his request?
(a) To stop gossip
(b) To keep word of the trial from leaking out
(c) To make it harder for Danny to escape
(d) To make it harder to buy a jury
2. What did seven of Esau and Calia Ruffin's eight children earn?
(a) Ph.Ds
(b) Mansions
(c) Three figure salaries
(d) Teaching degrees
3. What does Bubba say will not be at the poker game?
(a) Food
(b) Beer
(c) War stories
(d) Pot
4. What does Willie hear while in his office?
(a) A bomb going off
(b) Gun shots
(c) Screaming
(d) Police sirens
5. What is the piece of land called where the Padgitt family lives?
(a) Padgitt Holler
(b) Padgitt Mountain
(c) Padgitt Commune
(d) Padgitt Island
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Willie's photographer, Wiley Meek?
2. What is the Padgitt family known for selling?
3. What do District Attorney Gaddis and Henry Rex decide they need to do?
4. What does the defense lawyer say that Willie's story has done?
5. What does the funeral home directer tell Willie when Willie says that his landlord, Mr. Magargel, is dead?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene in Chapter 28 when Willie goes to play poker with Bubba and Bubba's friends.
2. Explain Callie's childhood and how she was educated.
3. Describe Rhonda Kassellaw as she is explained in Chapter 2.
4. Describe the election campaign that takes place in Chapter 27.
5. Describe Lydia Vince's testimony in Chapter 16.
6. 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?
7. Describe the attack that happens in Chapter 2
8. Describe the news story that Willie runs in Chapter 6 and what happens because of it.
9. Describe the lunch in Chapter 11 at Callie Ruffin's house.
10. Describe what is known about the sniper in Chapter 25?
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