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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlie do before he charges Luke Will?
(a) Smokes a cigarette.
(b) Shoots Leroy.
(c) Yells at Luke Will to give up.
(d) Decides to give up.

2. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?
(a) Beau's wife.
(b) Fix's wife.
(c) Beau's son.
(d) Fix's son.

3. What color is Clabber's skin?
(a) Light Brown. Clabber is part American Indian.
(b) White. Clabber is an albino.
(c) Red. Clabber does not know his parent's heritage.
(d) Very dark like Mathu. He also is almost full African descent.

4. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?
(a) Because he wasn't very dark-skinned and he wondered why they called him by that name.
(b) Chimley did not like white people.
(c) Because white people mistakenly called him Chimney.
(d) Chimley thought they were making fun of him.

5. What is the "nigger room" in Tee Jack's store?
(a) Where black people could gamble illegally.
(b) Where black people could get a drink before desegregation.
(c) Where Tee Jack stored cheap liqour that he sold to black customers.
(d) Where black people were hidden during the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a cap was Chimley wearing?

2. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?

3. Why is Miss Merle in such a hurry to get to the quarters?

4. Where did Chimley keep his number five shells?

5. Who does Janey work for?

(see the answer key)

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