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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Billy miss when he shot at the rabbit?
(a) Billy did not have good eyesight.
(b) Billy jumped because he thought it was a snake.
(c) Billy heard a shot in the distance that scared him.
(d) Billy was known to be a very bad shot with a gun.

3. Why do the old men call Mapes into the house?
(a) Charlie wants to challenge Mapes.
(b) Charlie is afraid of Fix and wants police protection.
(c) Charlie wants to confess to the murder and turn himself in.
(d) Mapes told them they had 15 minutes and the old men know their time is up.

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

5. How did Chimley fire his gun?
(a) Up into the trees at the graveyard.
(b) Out the window.
(c) At his wife to scare her.
(d) At Mathu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people call Sully T.V.?

2. Once the old men are in the field, what do they do?

3. Where is Snookum when Lou notices him?

4. Who was Tessie?

5. What did Mat tell his wife about the shotguns?

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