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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?
(a) Chimley did not like white people.
(b) Because he wasn't very dark-skinned and he wondered why they called him by that name.
(c) Chimley thought they were making fun of him.
(d) Because white people mistakenly called him Chimney.

2. Mapes asked his deputy to call someone back in town. Who?
(a) Call for backup.
(b) Russell and Herman.
(c) Fix.
(d) Miss Bea and the Major.

3. Where does Janey say that Miss Bea and Major are?
(a) In the house trying to sleep.
(b) Eating in the kitchen.
(c) Out back in the field collecting pecans.
(d) Drinking on the porch.

4. Why does Candy want more men and more twelve-gauge shotguns?
(a) So Candy will be protected.
(b) So Candy can pile them in the trunk of her LTD.
(c) So Mathu will have more firepower.
(d) So that is will be unclear who killed Beau.

5. Where does Janey live?
(a) At Mathu's house.
(b) At the Marshall house.
(c) At the quarters.
(d) In Baton Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mapes know Mathu?

2. What did Candy ask Corrine to get from inside the house?

3. What did the men begin saying one at a time?

4. What was Dirty Red and his family known for?

5. When Miss Merle arrives at Mathu's house, what is the first thing that happens?

(see the answer key)

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