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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old men want to talk inside the house alone. They do not want Candy in the house with them. Candy gets very angry. What does Mapes say is Candy's motivation?
(a) She wants to keep them all slaves.
(b) She does not run the Marshall plantation, and she wants to be in charge.
(c) She blames Mathu for her upbringing.
(d) She is trying to protect them, but it will do no good.

2. Why is Gil upset with Mapes, the sheriff?
(a) Gil can't believe that there have been no arrests made.
(b) Gil thinks Mapes should arrest Candy.
(c) Gil thinks Mapes should have moved the body by now.
(d) Gil thinks Mapes is stalling to wait until Fix and the lynch mob arrive.

3. Where did Sully drive Gil?
(a) To Mathu's house.
(b) To the Marshall house to see Major.
(c) To Baton Rouge
(d) To the big game with Ole Miss.

4. Why was Gable's sixteen-year-old son put to death?
(a) Gable's son ran away from home.
(b) A white woman claimed he raped her.
(c) Gable's son started a fight in town and hit a white man.
(d) Gable's son stared at a white man's wife.

5. How was Yank dressed?
(a) In shorts and a white shirt.
(b) Like he was going to church.
(c) In a clean shirt and pants.
(d) Like a cowboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?

2. What are the tractor's getting closer and closer to?

3. What, according to Johnny Paul, could Mapes NOT see?

4. What does Luke Will notice about Tee Jack at the end of the chapter?

5. What did Gil want most?

(see the answer key)

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