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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years had Miss Merle known Candy?
(a) Only a few months.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) All Candy's life.

2. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?
(a) For Candy, because she had heard about the murder.
(b) For Miss Bea because she wanted a favor.
(c) For Jack, the Major, because she likes him.
(d) For Janey, because she needed help.

3. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?
(a) Chimley thought they were making fun of him.
(b) Chimley did not like white people.
(c) Because white people mistakenly called him Chimney.
(d) Because he wasn't very dark-skinned and he wondered why they called him by that name.

4. When Miss Merle arrives at Mathu's house, what is the first thing that happens?
(a) Candy confesses to the murder.
(b) Snookum finally gets something to eat.
(c) Lou Dimes confesses to the murder.
(d) Mathu fires at the car.

5. How did Clatoo know that Candy was lying?
(a) She mixed up the facts about the time of death.
(b) Her story was too practiced.
(c) She couldn't remember where the body was.
(d) She slipped and told Clatoo that Mathu killed Beau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Mat returned home with his fish?

2. Who did Ella call?

3. What, according to Johnny Paul, could Mapes NOT see?

4. Where did Coot's all-colored regiment train?

5. Why hadn't Cherry shot his gun?

(see the answer key)

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