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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Candy say to Miss Merle when she saw her?
(a) "Where is Lou?"
(b) "I loved the pie."
(c) "I shot Beau."
(d) "Did you bring guns?"

2. What did Snookum want for a reward for running the errand?
(a) Lots of money.
(b) A sip of liquor.
(c) Tea cakes and Plarines.
(d) To look at the dead body again.

3. What was Beulah angry about?
(a) She thought that everyone was going to get killed that day.
(b) The way black women had been treated through the years.
(c) Everyone was hungry and needed food.
(d) That all the old black men had guns.

4. What did Chimley tell his wife when he left the house?
(a) To quit bugging him.
(b) To gather all the women and meet him at Mathu's
(c) To have the fish ready to eat when he returned.
(d) The find more men and guns and send them along.

5. What did Clatoo do with the shoe box?
(a) He hid the shoe box in the field out back.
(b) He hid the shoe box in the kitchen.
(c) He hid the shoe box behind the second block under the house.
(d) He hid the shoe box in the outhouse.

6. Mapes asked his deputy to call someone back in town. Who?
(a) Call for backup.
(b) Fix.
(c) Miss Bea and the Major.
(d) Russell and Herman.

7. Why does Candy want more men and more twelve-gauge shotguns?
(a) So that is will be unclear who killed Beau.
(b) So Candy can pile them in the trunk of her LTD.
(c) So Mathu will have more firepower.
(d) So Candy will be protected.

8. When Miss Merle is talking about "Jack" who is she referring to?
(a) Mathu.
(b) Candy.
(c) The Major.
(d) Snookum.

9. What did Mapes do to try to get the truth from the old men?
(a) Mapes arrested all the man and took them to the town jail.
(b) Mapes and his deputy fired their guns at the crowd.
(c) Mapes arrested Candy.
(d) Mapes slapped them across the face.

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

11. What did Gil want most?
(a) To kill the man who killed his brother.
(b) To finish school without any trouble.
(c) To be All-American with Cal.
(d) To do whatever his dad, Fix wanted him to do.

12. What did Mapes have in his mouth most of the time?
(a) A toothpick.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A Life Saver candy.
(d) Gum.

13. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?
(a) Chimley.
(b) Dirty Red.
(c) Clatoo.
(d) Mat.

14. What kinds of flowers did Jack Toussaint grow?
(a) Four-o'clocks.
(b) Lillies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Sunflowers.

15. Why did Mat feel good about what they were doing?
(a) He wanted to go to jail to get away from his wife.
(b) He felt they were finally taking a stand and doing something different.
(c) He felt he was getting old and he wanted to shoot a gun again.
(d) He hadn't worked hard in a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Snookum's grandmother?

2. Who does Janey work for?

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

4. What instructions did Candy give to Snookum about Mr. Lou?

5. What days did Mat and Chimley fish on the river?

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