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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time is it when Miss Merle spots the Major asleep in the swing?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) After 1:00 p.m.
(c) Around dinnertime.
(d) Before 12:30 p.m.

2. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
(a) Luke Will shows up.
(b) The old men follow them out.
(c) Mapes handcuffs Charlie.
(d) The deputy arrests Charlie.

3. 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 wants to keep them all slaves.
(b) She does not run the Marshall plantation, and she wants to be in charge.
(c) She is trying to protect them, but it will do no good.
(d) She blames Mathu for her upbringing.

4. What does Snookum see at Mathu's house?
(a) Rufe hoeing in his garden.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Reverend Jameson standing over a body.
(d) Corrine in her kitchen eating.

5. What did Mapes do to try to get the truth from the old men?
(a) Mapes slapped them across the face.
(b) Mapes arrested all the man and took them to the town jail.
(c) Mapes and his deputy fired their guns at the crowd.
(d) Mapes arrested Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lou Dimes work?

2. What did Mat tell his wife about the shotguns?

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

4. Why was Lou not at work?

5. What position did Sully play on the LSU football team?

(see the answer key)

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