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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 Willie told he cannot do after he leaves the parole hearing?
(a) Talk to the defendant
(b) Cover the parole hearing in the paper
(c) Contact the victim's family
(d) Talk about the parole hearing to his friends

2. What does Callie Ruffin say she remembered about the person killed?
(a) He loved his parents
(b) They had prayed together
(c) He was in such pain because of his accident
(d) He had been polite

3. Where does Willie go after Hank Hooten kills himself?
(a) To the office
(b) Home
(c) To talk to a shrink
(d) To the mental institution

4. Why is Willie worried that Danny might be allowed another trial?
(a) The stress might hurt Callie
(b) The Padgitts would come back to his town for the trial
(c) Ginger might be called back to the stand
(d) Danny might be found innocent

5. What does Willie do after receiving death threats?
(a) Calls the FBI
(b) Buys a guard dog
(c) Puts new locks on all the doors
(d) Moves

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie treat the closing of the small stores on Main Street?

2. Willie is awakened and informed that what is taking place the next day?

3. What does Willie insist that Callie's family do while in town?

4. What is the Calico Ridge church known for?

5. What do the Padgitt's NOT smuggle their crops off their island with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the news of Danny Padgitt hit the people in Clayton as it is described in Chapter 31?

2. Recount the conversation between Willie and Mr. McGrew.

3. What does Willie learn about Hank Hooten and his mental condition in Chapter 43?

4. Describe Callie's trip to Memphis with Willie in Chapter 41.

5. Describe the courtroom scene and the shooter in Chapter 43.

6. Describe what is seen of Danny Padgitt in Chapter 31.

7. Summarize the conversation that Willie has with Callie in Chapter 37.

8. Describe the actions of the Padgitts in the beginning of Chapter 32.

9. What do Lenny Fargarson and Willie talk about in Chapter 34?

10. What does Sheriff McNaught say to Maxine Root in the end of Chapter 39?

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