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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack Marshall do every day?
(a) Jack Marshall runs the concrete plant.
(b) Jack Marshall is the head of the lynch mob.
(c) Jack Marshall runs the Marshall plantation with his niece Candy.
(d) Jack Marshall comes into Tee Jack's store and drinks and stares at the door to the "nigger room."

2. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?
(a) They owned their own houses, and Mathu still worked on the Marshall land.
(b) They were cowards and never stood up for themselves.
(c) They were not as dark skinned as Mathu, they were not as African.
(d) They did not work as hard at Mathu.

3. What are the tractor's getting closer and closer to?
(a) The black graveyard.
(b) Mathu's house.
(c) Candy's house.
(d) The houses at the quarters.

4. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
(a) Mapes handcuffs Charlie.
(b) The old men follow them out.
(c) Luke Will shows up.
(d) The deputy arrests Charlie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lou Dimes work?

2. What did Mapes do to try to get the truth from the old men?

3. Why didn't the coroner want to get out of the car?

4. When Miss Merle is talking about "Jack" who is she referring to?

5. What was so important about the "Salt and Pepper" football duo?

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