A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cherry Bello own?
(a) A vegetable truck.
(b) A plantation.
(c) A liquor - and - grocery store.
(d) A gas station.

2. Why was Gable's sixteen-year-old son put to death?
(a) A white woman claimed he raped her.
(b) Gable's son ran away from home.
(c) Gable's son stared at a white man's wife.
(d) Gable's son started a fight in town and hit a white man.

3. When Ella tried to call the sheriff, what did Mat do?
(a) He had Chimley talk to his wife.
(b) He ripped the phone out of the wall.
(c) He left with Clatoo in the truck.
(d) He threw a fish at Ella's head.

4. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?
(a) Mape's backup.
(b) A lynch mob.
(c) Fix.
(d) Candy's boyfriend.

5. 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 Candy will be protected.
(d) So Mathu will have more firepower.

6. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?
(a) A bucket.
(b) A chair.
(c) The back of his truck.
(d) A log.

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

8. What does Bea need before she will think of more names?
(a) To wake the Major.
(b) Food.
(c) Another drink.
(d) A gun.

9. Why does Janey worry when Miss Bea is gathering pecans?
(a) She is worried that she is drunk and will fall in the tall grass.
(b) The is worried that Miss Bea will not gather enough pecans for everyone.
(c) She is worried that Miss Bea will return before she gets her housework done.
(d) She is worried that Miss Bea will be biten by a snake.

10. Where does Janey say that Miss Bea and Major are?
(a) Eating in the kitchen.
(b) In the house trying to sleep.
(c) Drinking on the porch.
(d) Out back in the field collecting pecans.

11. Where did Sully drive Gil?
(a) To Baton Rouge
(b) To Mathu's house.
(c) To the big game with Ole Miss.
(d) To the Marshall house to see Major.

12. Where did the group walk to at the end of the chapter?
(a) To Mathu's house.
(b) To Clatoo's truck.
(c) To the white graveyard.
(d) To town to get the sheriff.

13. What is the garry?
(a) The cane field.
(b) The pecan groves.
(c) The front porch, the garrett.
(d) The shady side of the house.

14. What did Yank do in his younger days?
(a) He worked in a rodeo.
(b) He broke horses and mules.
(c) He was a servant.
(d) He worked in the sugar cane fields.

15. Why did Snookum not get along with Reverend Jameson?
(a) The Reverend thought Snookum was the murderer.
(b) The Reverend didn't like Snookum begging for food.
(c) The Reverend thought Snookum cheated at marbles.
(d) The Reverend thought Snookum should be in church more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

2. What did Candy always wear?

3. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?

4. When Gil and Sully arrived at the Marshall quarters, Sully thought it looked like an episode from what T.V. show?

5. What had Janey heard that made her believe Snookum's story?

(see the answer keys)

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