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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things did Mapes ask his deputy, Griffin, to say on the radio?
(a) To talk to Fix and tell him to come right away and call for backup.
(b) To tell Russ to keep Fix at the bayou and Herman to come pick up the body.
(c) To call Fix and tell him to stay put and to call Miss Merle for some sandwiches.
(d) To call Lou Dimes and Miss Bea.

2. Who narrates this chapter?
(a) Clatoo.
(b) Beulah.
(c) Candy.
(d) Lou Dimes.

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

4. According to Chimley's story, who got in a fistfight with Fix?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Mat.
(c) Mathu.
(d) Candy.

5. What did each old black man do and say?
(a) Each man slapped Mathu.
(b) Each man fired his gun a second time.
(c) Each man confessed to the murder.
(d) Each man introduced himself to Mathu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mat feel good about what they were doing?

2. Why does Candy want more men and more twelve-gauge shotguns?

3. What are the tractor's getting closer and closer to?

4. Why didn't the coroner want to get out of the car?

5. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?

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