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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. On October 21 in Chapter 8, how many crimes does the grand jury have to consider?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

2. How much weight had Pete lost by the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) 41 pounds.
(b) 37 pounds.
(c) About 30 pounds.
(d) At least 40 pounds.

3. How long has Reverend Dexter Bell been in Clanton?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

4. How often is the local paper, The Ford County Times, published?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Twice a week.

5. When was Pete born?
(a) March 9, 1903.
(b) May 2, 1903.
(c) June 11, 1903.
(d) April 23, 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 24, where was an 18-year-old soldier from Clanton killed?

2. By the time of the Battan Death March, how many men were left from the Twenty-Sixth Cavalry?

3. When is Pete sentenced to die in the electric chair in Chapter 16?

4. What birthday did Liza celebrate in November of 1940?

5. When was the house built that Pete and Florry knew as children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jackie remember about her husband in Chapter 11?

2. When did MacArthur flee Corregidor, and where did he go?

3. Why did Nineva resent Liza when she first moved to the Banning home?

4. How did Pete and Liza meet?

5. Where do Joel and Stella meet in Chapter 11, and where are they going?

6. Who start arriving before Pete's execution and why?

7. In Chapter 7, how does Joel justify disobeying his father?

8. In Chapter 12, why are Florry, Stella, and Joel not allowed to see Liza?

9. In Chapter 6, what would the Japanese do if they found anything from Japan when they searched their prisoners, and why did they act that way?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who is present at in the courtroom?

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