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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the coroner afraid to get out of his car?
(a) Candy threatened to shoot him.
(b) He realized that all the old black men were armed.
(c) Mapes looked angry because it took him so long to get there.
(d) The deputy told him not to move.

2. Who is Snookum's grandmother?
(a) Janey
(b) Candy
(c) Gram Mon
(d) Mathu

3. What does Luke Will say to Mapes about Charlie?
(a) Luke Will tells Mapes that Mathu is the murderer, not Charlie.
(b) Luke Will tells Mapes that he wants to talk to Charlie.
(c) Luke Will tells Mapes to "hand him over."
(d) Luke Will tells Mapes that he's going to beat Charlie.

4. How did Tucker's brother Silas get into trouble with white people?
(a) Silas stole a white man's tractor.
(b) Silas talked to a white woman.
(c) Silas and his mules won a contest with Fix's tractor.
(d) Silas dated a white woman.

5. What phrase does Charlie keep saying over and over again?
(a) I killed Beau.
(b) I need a better house.
(c) I need a tractor to work in the fields.
(d) I'm a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?

2. Who was sitting on the bed crying?

3. Where did the group walk to at the end of the chapter?

4. How was Yank dressed?

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

(see the answer key)

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