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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a cap was Chimley wearing?
(a) A Dodgers' baseball cap.
(b) A very smart dress hat.
(c) A straw hat.
(d) His army hat.

2. Who helped raise Candy?
(a) Janey.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Miss Merle.
(d) Lou.

3. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?
(a) He had just returned from church with Reverend Jameson.
(b) He sold vegetables out of his truck and always wanted to remind people that he was a businessman.
(c) He was returning from work.
(d) He had just been to a funeral.

4. Why was Gable's sixteen-year-old son put to death?
(a) A white woman claimed he raped her.
(b) Gable's son stared at a white man's wife.
(c) Gable's son ran away from home.
(d) Gable's son started a fight in town and hit a white man.

5. What was next to Beau's body?
(a) A tractor that was still running.
(b) Mathu's shotgun.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Reverend Jameson

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Candy say to Miss Merle when she saw her?

2. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?

3. How did Candy's parents die?

4. Why does Candy want more men and more twelve-gauge shotguns?

5. What was Mathu always bragging about?

(see the answer key)

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