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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sniper wearing when found?

2. What did Baggy say the Padgitt family was trying to do?

3. Who is called as a witness that gives a very upsetting testimony?

4. What does Bubba say will not be at the poker game?

5. How many letters to the editor about the trial does Willie send on to print?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what is known about the sniper in Chapter 25?

3. Describe the scene in Chapter 28 when Willie goes to play poker with Bubba and Bubba's friends.

4. Describe the goat barbecue that Willie is invited to with Harry Rex.

5. Describe the news story that Willie runs in Chapter 6 and what happens because of it.

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

7. Describe the scene in Chapter 8 where Willie meets Callie Ruffin for the first time.

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There was a lack of physical evidence tying Danny Padgitt to the murders of the juror members.

1) Was it wrong to immediately suspect that it was Danny Padgitt? Why?

2) Why was Hank Hooten not thought of?

3) Was there any indication to the reader that it might not be Danny Padgitt? Explain?

Essay Topic 2

Mental illness is talked about a little bit in regards to Hank Hooten. Would it have been more helpful if the author had given more information about this character? Why was Willie so willing to agree not to publish any of the doctor's information about Hank Hooten's illness?

Essay Topic 3

There is a vast change in response from the time that Rhonda Kassellaw is murdered to the point in time when Danny Padgitt gets paroled. Describe the differences in the public response and why the change occurs.

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