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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?
2. The old men want to talk inside the house alone. They do not want Candy in the house with them. Candy gets very angry. What does Mapes say is Candy's motivation?
3. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?
4. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
5. Why does Candy slap Lou in the car?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Leroy's reaction to getting shot?
2. What did Miss Merle do to show her disgust at the crowd of old black men?
3. How does Charlie prove he is a man?
4. Who came in from the kitchen and what was he doing there?
5. How were the old men getting a bathroom break?
6. How many days did the trial last?
7. How was Gil welcomed by the people gathered at his father's house?
8. What was Tee Jack afraid of?
9. When the shoot-out began, how did the old black men get organized and decide what to do?
10. Why did Mapes call Charlie "Mr. Biggs?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss man vs. machine. The tractors vs. mules. How had life on the plantation changed due to this invention?
Essay Topic 2
Light-skinned blacks vs. dark-skinned blacks. Explain what is happening in this story between the people who are light-skinned and the people who are dark-skinned. How did these prejudices begin?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Candy and Beau. How are they the same? Different? What did they mean to their people? How could they change the future?
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