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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why hadn't Cherry shot his gun?
(a) He was afraid the gun was too old and might not work.
(b) He thought he might see a good rabbit.
(c) He wanted to shoot with the other men.
(d) He wanted to shoot it at the graveyard.

3. What did Gil want most?
(a) To finish school without any trouble.
(b) To be All-American with Cal.
(c) To kill the man who killed his brother.
(d) To do whatever his dad, Fix wanted him to do.

4. What did the coach need to tell Gil?
(a) The newspaper was writing a story about Salt and Pepper.
(b) Gil's father, Fix, called Gil to come home.
(c) Gil's brother, Beau, had been murdered by a black man.
(d) Pepper was nominiated for All-American.

5. What has Charlie done his whole life until today?
(a) Ran away from anything that scared him.
(b) Killed white men.
(c) Got drunk.
(d) Worked hard on the plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening the next day?

2. When did Chimley not mind being called by his nickname?

3. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?

4. Why do the old men call Mapes into the house?

5. When Gil arrived at the scene of the crime, how long had his brother been dead?

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