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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Clabber's skin?
(a) White. Clabber is an albino.
(b) Red. Clabber does not know his parent's heritage.
(c) Light Brown. Clabber is part American Indian.
(d) Very dark like Mathu. He also is almost full African descent.

2. What kind of a cap was Chimley wearing?
(a) A straw hat.
(b) A very smart dress hat.
(c) His army hat.
(d) A Dodgers' baseball cap.

3. Why did Cherry not like the sight of an empty cane field?
(a) He preferred the site of a cane field about to be plowed.
(b) It made him feel lonely.
(c) He was sad that there was no work left for the year.
(d) It reminded him of how the tractors plowed the fields and hurt the land.

4. Where does Janey say that Miss Bea and Major are?
(a) Eating in the kitchen.
(b) Drinking on the porch.
(c) In the house trying to sleep.
(d) Out back in the field collecting pecans.

5. Which animal did Janey say Miss Merle looked like?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A bear.
(c) An owl.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lou Dimes work?

2. Who is Snookum's grandmother?

3. What did the men begin saying one at a time?

4. Who baked the apple pie?

5. Why doesn't Janey tell Miss Bea about the murder?

(see the answer key)

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