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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mapes know Mathu?
(a) They had been in a fistfight with each other.
(b) They had hunted and fished together.
(c) They grew up together.
(d) Mathu had worked for Mapes.

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

3. 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 he was getting old and he wanted to shoot a gun again.
(c) He hadn't worked hard in a long time.
(d) He felt they were finally taking a stand and doing something different.

4. Who carried his gun like a soldier?
(a) Mat.
(b) Chimley.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Clatoo.

5. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?
(a) He was returning from work.
(b) He had just been to a funeral.
(c) He sold vegetables out of his truck and always wanted to remind people that he was a businessman.
(d) He had just returned from church with Reverend Jameson.

6. What was Yank's job before tractors came to the sugar can fields?
(a) Yank was a professional fisherman.
(b) Yank was the house servant at the Marshall house.
(c) Yank cut sugar cane.
(d) Yank broke horses.

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

8. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?
(a) That she needs a drink.
(b) That she brought an apple pie for Jack.
(c) That Beau Boutan is dead.
(d) That she needs a twelve-gauge shotgun.

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

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

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

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

13. What time is it when Miss Merle spots the Major asleep in the swing?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) After 1:00 p.m.
(c) Before 12:30 p.m.
(d) Around dinnertime.

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

15. Why did Jacob feel bad about his sister's death?
(a) He didn't stand up for her or say anything at the time of her death.
(b) He never liked his sister and wished her dead many times.
(c) He was too little to do anything about it.
(d) He saw it happen but didn't know how to swim to save her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?

2. What is the garry?

3. Which animal did Janey say Miss Merle looked like?

4. Who did Ella call?

5. Who baked the apple pie?

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