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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?
(a) For Jack, the Major, because she likes him.
(b) For Janey, because she needed help.
(c) For Miss Bea because she wanted a favor.
(d) For Candy, because she had heard about the murder.

2. Why do Mat and Chimley fish only in one small spot?
(a) The white people have bought up the land along the river and left little room to fish.
(b) Because that is the best place to catch fish.
(c) Because they play cards at the same place.
(d) Because they are hiding from the white people.

3. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?
(a) Go to Marshall.
(b) Call Lou Dimes again.
(c) Wake the Major.
(d) Pray.

4. Janey calls two people on the phone. Who are they?
(a) Miss Bea and the Major.
(b) Lou Dimes and Miss Merle.
(c) Mathu and Candy.
(d) Toddy and Minnie.

5. Who shows up from the back of the house at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will.
(b) Charlie Biggs.
(c) Lou Dimes.
(d) Fix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gil upset with Mapes, the sheriff?

2. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?

3. What does Luke Will's gang do at the end of the chapter?

4. On their way out of town, what happened to Gil and Sully?

5. Who really raised Candy?

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