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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Miss Merle see when she turned into the quarters?
(a) Men everywhere with shotguns.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The tractor.
(d) Candy's black LTD.

3. When did Chimley not mind being called by his nickname?
(a) When his momma talked to him.
(b) When his friends were talking to him.
(c) When Mr. Lou talked to him.
(d) When Candy talked to him.

4. How did Tucker's brother Silas get into trouble with white people?
(a) Silas talked to a white woman.
(b) Silas stole a white man's tractor.
(c) Silas dated a white woman.
(d) Silas and his mules won a contest with Fix's tractor.

5. Why had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?
(a) White men told him not to wear it in public.
(b) White men beat him up for wearing it in public.
(c) It didn't fit well anymore.
(d) Nobody knew what it meant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?

2. What was Mathu always bragging about?

3. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?

4. What was Yank's job before tractors came to the sugar can fields?

5. What does Bea need before she will think of more names?

(see the answer key)

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