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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 kind of animal does Mr. Edmunds invite Charles to hunt?
(a) Deer
(b) Foxes
(c) Badgers
(d) Rabbits

2. What was Lucas buying from the shop before the altercation?
(a) Ginger snaps
(b) Peanut butter
(c) A coca-cola
(d) Raspberry Jelly

3. What does Uncle Gavin say is the unwritten code of the south?
(a) That everyone should go to church
(b) That the family of the victim should be alllowed to hang the black man responsible
(c) That life is for living
(d) That white people are superior

4. When does Will Legate join the group at the sheriff's house?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) Dawn
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) Midday

5. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) The sheriff
(c) His father
(d) His mother

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?

3. What does Charles buy Molly Beauchamp?

4. What does Lucas send to Charles in return for Charles sending his wife a dress?

5. What does Charles ask Aleck Sander to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how even in prison the white man is given precedent over the black man.

2. In what way does Charles show he is the epiphany of a southern gentleman in chapter four?

3. In what way does Charles think Lucas is different?

4. Why does Charles become so involved in the murder case?

5. What is Uncle Gavin opinion on Lucas' request to dig up the dead body?

6. How does Charles still know that he still owes Lucas a debt?

7. Why does Lucas want Charles to dig up Gowrie's body?

8. In what way in chapter five does Uncle Gavin take control of the situation?

9. In what way does chapter five show the importance of women in southern American life?

10. Why are the black prisoners so quiet the night Lucas is taken into the prison?

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