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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Mathu look down on some of the men who arrived to help him?
(a) Because they had lighter skin than Mathu.
(b) Because they worked for other people.
(c) Because they were lazy in his eyes.
(d) Because they were poorer than him.

4. Who did Ella call?
(a) Miss Merle.
(b) Mathu's house.
(c) The police.
(d) Uncle Billy's house.

5. What are the tractor's getting closer and closer to?
(a) Mathu's house.
(b) Candy's house.
(c) The black graveyard.
(d) The houses at the quarters.

6. Where did the group of old men walk to?
(a) Back to Dirty Red's house.
(b) The black graveyard.
(c) To the bank of the river.
(d) To the cane fields.

7. How many years had Miss Merle known Candy?
(a) 5 years.
(b) Only a few months.
(c) 25 years.
(d) All Candy's life.

8. What is Janey's job?
(a) Driver.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Servant.
(d) Field worker.

9. How did the fight start between Fix and Mathu?
(a) Fix took a Coke without paying for it.
(b) Fix took Mathu's Coke from him.
(c) Mathu stared at Fix as he was drinking a Coke.
(d) It started over a Coke bottle.

10. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?
(a) They were waiting for their wives to call them to dinner.
(b) The were scared because of what had happened in the past.
(c) They were waiting for further instructions.
(d) They were thinking about where to hide.

11. When Miss Merle arrives at Mathu's house, what is the first thing that happens?
(a) Mathu fires at the car.
(b) Candy confesses to the murder.
(c) Snookum finally gets something to eat.
(d) Lou Dimes confesses to the murder.

12. What had Janey heard that made her believe Snookum's story?
(a) A shot.
(b) Miss Bea coming in the door.
(c) Fix's car coming down the road.
(d) The Major waking up.

13. What position did Sully play on the LSU football team?
(a) Fullback.
(b) 3rd string quarterback.
(c) Halfback.
(d) Quarterback.

14. Where does Lou Dimes work?
(a) The concrete plant.
(b) The sugar cane fields.
(c) The Marshall house.
(d) The newspaper in Baton Rouge.

15. Which animal did Janey say Miss Merle looked like?
(a) A fish.
(b) A bear.
(c) An alligator.
(d) An owl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jacob feel bad about his sister's death?

2. What was Beulah angry about?

3. Why did Cherry not like the sight of an empty cane field?

4. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?

5. What did Candy always wear?

(see the answer keys)

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