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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the coach need to tell Gil?
(a) Gil's brother, Beau, had been murdered by a black man.
(b) Gil's father, Fix, called Gil to come home.
(c) The newspaper was writing a story about Salt and Pepper.
(d) Pepper was nominiated for All-American.

3. Where did the group walk to at the end of the chapter?
(a) To Clatoo's truck.
(b) To Mathu's house.
(c) To town to get the sheriff.
(d) To the white graveyard.

4. Where did Snookum hide during the shoot-out?
(a) He hid in the kitchen.
(b) He ran out the kitchen door and into the outhouse.
(c) He crawled under the house.
(d) He hid next to Gram Mon.

5. What did Clatoo do with the shoe box?
(a) He hid the shoe box in the kitchen.
(b) He hid the shoe box behind the second block under the house.
(c) He hid the shoe box in the field out back.
(d) He hid the shoe box in the outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cherry Bello own?

2. Mapes asked his deputy to call someone back in town. Who?

3. How did Chimley fire his gun?

4. What did each old black man do and say?

5. What happened when Mat returned home with his fish?

(see the answer key)

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