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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. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
(a) The deputy arrests Charlie.
(b) Mapes handcuffs Charlie.
(c) The old men follow them out.
(d) Luke Will shows up.

2. What does Luke Will's gang do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will's gang finish their drinks and leave.
(b) Luke Will's gang threatens Tee Jack that they will be back.
(c) Luke Will's gang sits in the "nigger room" to finish their drinks.
(d) Luke Will's gang asks for supplies for the lynching from Tee Jack but he refuses.

3. How far did Charlie go before he was hit?
(a) To the tractor.
(b) Three or Four steps.
(c) Across the yard.
(d) To the ditch.

4. What do all the old black men, and women and children do after Charlie dies?
(a) They kill Luke Will and his gang.
(b) They cover him with a bedspread and pray.
(c) They blame Mathu for the death of Charlie.
(d) They all touch him as a sign of honor.

5. What was Lou doing in the final moments of the shoot-out?
(a) He was organizing the men to stand and hoop and shoot.
(b) He was hiding under the house with Snookum.
(c) He was shooting at the tractor.
(d) He was waving his arms trying to get people to stop shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?

2. Who agreed with Gil?

3. Why were the old black men going to the back of the house one at a time?

4. Who welcomed Gil at the door of his father's house?

5. How many days did the trail go on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Miss Merle do to show her disgust at the crowd of old black men?

2. What does Charlie do when the shoot-out begins?

3. What is Leroy's reaction to getting shot?

4. Who came in from the kitchen and what was he doing there?

5. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

6. Why is it important that this chapter is narrated by a child?

7. How did Mapes get the group of old men to decide to end the evening?

8. How was Gil welcomed by the people gathered at his father's house?

9. Why did Fix need all his sons to agree on a course of action?

10. Describe the final moments of the shoot-out.

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