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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 4, Pud, Don't Step on My Reputation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does Fox Butterfield recount some of the crimes in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) New York.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

2. What origin were the settlers of the county?
(a) French-German.
(b) Scottish-Irish.
(c) Italian-Spanish.
(d) Russian-Polish.

3. What helped create the climate of general violence in the country?
(a) Firearms and economic downturn.
(b) Drinking and firearms.
(c) Drinking and lack of jobs.
(d) The economic downturn.

4. Who was elected in the elections of 1876?
(a) White Democrats.
(b) Black Democrats.
(c) White Republicans.
(d) Black Republicans.

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Lowfield County.
(b) Edgefield County.
(c) Highfield County.
(d) Boldfield County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the young slave Thomas Bauskett offered his son take the name of Bauskett?

2. How many more murders than Massachusetts did the county have up until the 1930's?

3. When did the name of Willie Bosket's great, great grandfather appear on the voter registration list?

4. What did young blacks use in place of "honor"?

5. Why did the blacks of the early 20th century stop paying much attention to the difference between law and lawlessness according to Butterfield?

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