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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was next to Beau's body?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Mathu's shotgun.
(c) Reverend Jameson
(d) A tractor that was still running.

2. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?
(a) That Beau Boutan is dead.
(b) That she needs a twelve-gauge shotgun.
(c) That she brought an apple pie for Jack.
(d) That she needs a drink.

3. What happened to Oliver?
(a) He died in a hospital when the doctors wouldn't treat a black man.
(b) He died when a group of white men ran him into the river.
(c) He died when a lynch mob killed him.
(d) He died in a car wreck.

4. What was Mathu always bragging about?
(a) About how fast he could work.
(b) About his friends.
(c) About not having white man's blood in his veins.
(d) About being a good shot.

5. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?
(a) They were waiting for their wives to call them to dinner.
(b) They were waiting for further instructions.
(c) They were thinking about where to hide.
(d) The were scared because of what had happened in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who baked the apple pie?

2. Why did Billy miss when he shot at the rabbit?

3. What time is it when Miss Merle spots the Major asleep in the swing?

4. What does Bea need before she will think of more names?

5. Who was Tessie?

(see the answer key)

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