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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bea need before she will think of more names?
(a) Food.
(b) Another drink.
(c) A gun.
(d) To wake the Major.

2. What did Yank do in his younger days?
(a) He worked in a rodeo.
(b) He broke horses and mules.
(c) He was a servant.
(d) He worked in the sugar cane fields.

3. How did Candy's parents die?
(a) Of natural causes.
(b) In an airplane crash.
(c) They were murdered.
(d) In a car wreck.

4. Why did Mat feel good about what they were doing?
(a) He wanted to go to jail to get away from his wife.
(b) He felt they were finally taking a stand and doing something different.
(c) He felt he was getting old and he wanted to shoot a gun again.
(d) He hadn't worked hard in a long time.

5. Which animal did Janey say Miss Merle looked like?
(a) A fish.
(b) An owl.
(c) A bear.
(d) An alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Tessie?

2. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?

3. How did Chimley fire his gun?

4. Where did the group of old men walk to?

5. Who helped raise Candy?

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