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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What days did Mat and Chimley fish on the river?
(a) Mondays and Wednesdays.
(b) Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(c) Sundays after church.
(d) Saturdays only.

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

3. What did Cherry Bello own?
(a) A vegetable truck.
(b) A gas station.
(c) A liquor - and - grocery store.
(d) A plantation.

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

5. Why is Miss Merle in such a hurry to get to the quarters?
(a) She is worried that Fix is on the way and wants to get there before him.
(b) She is worried that Miss Bea is down there causing trouble.
(c) She is worried that the Major will wake up and be angry and go to the quarters drunk.
(d) She is worried that Janey will tell the entire town and she wants to get there before she does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the group walk to at the end of the chapter?

2. Who tells Mat and Chimley that there has been a murder?

3. Why did Clatoo let the men out of the truck before they arrived at Mathu's?

4. When Ella tried to call the sheriff, what did Mat do?

5. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?

(see the answer key)

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