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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Snookum want for a reward for running the errand?
(a) Tea cakes and Plarines.
(b) To look at the dead body again.
(c) Lots of money.
(d) A sip of liquor.

2. Where did the group of old men walk to?
(a) To the bank of the river.
(b) To the cane fields.
(c) The black graveyard.
(d) Back to Dirty Red's house.

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

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

5. When did Chimley not mind being called by his nickname?
(a) When Candy talked to him.
(b) When Mr. Lou talked to him.
(c) When his momma talked to him.
(d) When his friends were talking to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Snookum's grandmother?

2. Who tells Mat and Chimley that there has been a murder?

3. Who carried his gun like a soldier?

4. Why did Janey keep looking down toward the highway?

5. What did Cherry Bello own?

(see the answer key)

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