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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the coach need to tell Gil?
(a) Pepper was nominiated for All-American.
(b) Gil's father, Fix, called Gil to come home.
(c) The newspaper was writing a story about Salt and Pepper.
(d) Gil's brother, Beau, had been murdered by a black man.

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

3. Who did Ella call?
(a) Uncle Billy's house.
(b) Mathu's house.
(c) Miss Merle.
(d) The police.

4. How many years had Miss Merle known Candy?
(a) 25 years.
(b) Only a few months.
(c) All Candy's life.
(d) 5 years.

5. When Miss Merle arrives at Mathu's house, what is the first thing that happens?
(a) Mathu fires at the car.
(b) Candy confesses to the murder.
(c) Lou Dimes confesses to the murder.
(d) Snookum finally gets something to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lou Dimes work?

2. What did Chimley's wife say when Chimley came home?

3. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?

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

5. What did Miss Merle see when she turned into the quarters?

(see the answer key)

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