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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Sully play on the LSU football team?
(a) Fullback.
(b) Halfback.
(c) Quarterback.
(d) 3rd string quarterback.

2. Why did Clatoo let the men out of the truck before they arrived at Mathu's?
(a) Clatoo wanted to pick up more men and all walk to Mathu's together,
(b) Clatoo wanted to go pick up more supplies.
(c) Clatoo thought those men should walk.
(d) They were out of room in the truck.

3. Why does Candy slap Lou in the car?
(a) Lou tries to start the car and drive away.
(b) Lou proposes again, at a very odd time.
(c) Lou says he is going to write a story about this for the newspaper.
(d) Lou says that Mathu is now free of her.

4. What was different about the way Yank hollered?
(a) He hollered with a very southern accent.
(b) He hollered the way you holler at a rodeo.
(c) He hollered in a very low voice.
(d) He hollered just like all the other men.

5. How did Chimley fire his gun?
(a) Out the window.
(b) At Mathu.
(c) At his wife to scare her.
(d) Up into the trees at the graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Miss Merle bring?

2. How did Mapes know Mathu?

3. On their way out of town, what happened to Gil and Sully?

4. What did Mat tell his wife about the shotguns?

5. Who is Snookum's grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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