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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What days did Mat and Chimley fish on the river?
(a) Sundays after church.
(b) Saturdays only.
(c) Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(d) Mondays and Wednesdays.

2. What did Candy ask Snookum to do?
(a) Run and get Lou Dimes.
(b) Run and get Aunt Glo.
(c) Run and get Toddy and Minnie.
(d) Run and get people to gather at Mathu's house.

3. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?
(a) The back of his truck.
(b) A log.
(c) A chair.
(d) A bucket.

4. What does Luke Will's gang do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will's gang asks for supplies for the lynching from Tee Jack but he refuses.
(b) Luke Will's gang threatens Tee Jack that they will be back.
(c) Luke Will's gang sits in the "nigger room" to finish their drinks.
(d) Luke Will's gang finish their drinks and leave.

5. Once the old men are in the field, what do they do?
(a) They spead out, rise up and hoop and then fire at Luke Will and his gang.
(b) They hide in the swamps.
(c) They are confused and don't know what to do next.
(d) They lay low and stay quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was so important about the "Salt and Pepper" football duo?

2. Why doesn't Janey tell Miss Bea about the murder?

3. What war did Coot fight in?

4. What was Dirty Red and his family known for?

5. Where did Coot's all-colored regiment train?

(see the answer key)

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