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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Janey tell Miss Merle that Beau was killed?
(a) In the quarters.
(b) At the Marshall main house.
(c) In the sugar cane field.
(d) In Baton Rouge.

2. Who is Aunt Glo?
(a) Janey.
(b) Candy.
(c) Snookum.
(d) Gram Mon.

3. What did Snookum want for a reward for running the errand?
(a) A sip of liquor.
(b) Lots of money.
(c) To look at the dead body again.
(d) Tea cakes and Plarines.

4. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?
(a) Go to Marshall.
(b) Call Lou Dimes again.
(c) Pray.
(d) Wake the Major.

5. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?
(a) For Jack, the Major, because she likes him.
(b) For Janey, because she needed help.
(c) For Miss Bea because she wanted a favor.
(d) For Candy, because she had heard about the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when Miss Merle spots the Major asleep in the swing?

2. Why did Snookum not get along with Reverend Jameson?

3. Why did Janey keep looking down toward the highway?

4. What had Janey heard that made her believe Snookum's story?

5. What is Janey's job?

(see the answer key)

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