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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?
(a) The trip to the cemetery
(b) A conversation with Aleck
(c) His first meeting with Lucas
(d) His breakfast that morning

2. What does Gavin tell Charles never to stop doing?
(a) Fighting for his beliefs
(b) Going to school
(c) Learning about life
(d) Loving his family

3. What does Uncle Gavin say a black man is expected to do in the south?
(a) Serve the white man
(b) Give himself up for lynching
(c) Lose his temper and kill a white man
(d) Smile and play music

4. What are the two women doing outside the jail?
(a) Cooking
(b) Dancing
(c) Cleaning
(d) Sewing

5. What does Charles notice about the roads?
(a) There is a long trail trail of blood
(b) They are hilly
(c) They are empty of black people
(d) They have been resurfaced

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?

2. Who does Gavin say is there to keep the crowd under control?

3. What would of the towns people have thought the lynching of Lucas would of been before Mr. Gowries showed them Montgomeries body?

4. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?

5. Who does Charles ride into town with to see Lucas?

(see the answer key)

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