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

2. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?
(a) Gil wanted his father, Fix, to talk to Mathu.
(b) Gil wanted to let the police arrest the suspect.
(c) Gil wanted Sully to talk to Mathu.
(d) Gil wanted to form a lynch mob and pick up Mathu.

3. Why did Mathu look down on some of the men who arrived to help him?
(a) Because they worked for other people.
(b) Because they had lighter skin than Mathu.
(c) Because they were lazy in his eyes.
(d) Because they were poorer than him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

2. What did Cherry Bello own?

3. What was Mathu always bragging about?

4. Who was the only man who didn't have a gun?

5. What was next to Beau's body?

(see the answer key)

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