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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "nigger room" in Tee Jack's store?
(a) Where Tee Jack stored cheap liqour that he sold to black customers.
(b) Where black people were hidden during the Civil War.
(c) Where black people could gamble illegally.
(d) Where black people could get a drink before desegregation.

2. What does Tee Jack do to calm Luke Will and his friends?
(a) Tee Jack gives Luke Will and his boys liquor for free.
(b) Tee Jack offers to help with the lynching.
(c) Tee Jack reminds Luke Will that his store/bar is still segregated.
(d) Tee Jack tell the professor to shut up.

3. When Miss Merle is talking about "Jack" who is she referring to?
(a) The Major.
(b) Snookum.
(c) Mathu.
(d) Candy.

4. When Gil arrived at the scene of the crime, how long had his brother been dead?
(a) About a half a day.
(b) About two hours.
(c) About a full day.
(d) About four hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mat and Chimley fish only in one small spot?

2. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?

3. Who was sitting on the bed crying?

4. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?

5. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?

(see the answer key)

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