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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old men want to talk inside the house alone. They do not want Candy in the house with them. Candy gets very angry. What does Mapes say is Candy's motivation?
(a) She blames Mathu for her upbringing.
(b) She wants to keep them all slaves.
(c) She is trying to protect them, but it will do no good.
(d) She does not run the Marshall plantation, and she wants to be in charge.

2. Why did Janey keep looking down toward the highway?
(a) Janey was looking for the police.
(b) Janey was looking for Mr. Lou.
(c) Janey was waiting for Miss Merle.
(d) Janey was looking for Fix.

3. What does Luke Will notice about Tee Jack at the end of the chapter?
(a) That he wants to join the lynch mob.
(b) That he had more free liquor.
(c) That he is scared.
(d) That he has closed the back room.

4. What did Chimley's wife say when Chimley came home?
(a) She told him to wipe his feet at the door.
(b) She didn't want to clean the fish.
(c) She asked him if he was going to play cards that evening.
(d) She asked him where he'd been.

5. Where did Chimley keep his number five shells?
(a) Under the house.
(b) In a safe.
(c) In a cigar box.
(d) In a coffee can.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?

2. Which animal did Janey say Miss Merle looked like?

3. What instructions did Candy give to Snookum about Mr. Lou?

4. Who helped raise Candy?

5. What was next to Beau's body?

(see the answer key)

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