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 Candy always wear?
(a) Pants and shirts, never dresses.
(b) Shorts and t-shirts.
(c) Skirts.
(d) Dresses.

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

3. When Gil and Sully arrived at the Marshall quarters, Sully thought it looked like an episode from what T.V. show?
(a) The Perry Mason Show.
(b) Bewitched.
(c) The Twilight Show.
(d) The Beverly Hillbillies.

4. What does Snookum see at Mathu's house?
(a) Corrine in her kitchen eating.
(b) Reverend Jameson standing over a body.
(c) Rufe hoeing in his garden.
(d) A dead body.

5. 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 was too little to do anything about it.
(c) He saw it happen but didn't know how to swim to save her.
(d) He never liked his sister and wished her dead many times.

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

7. What two things did Mapes ask his deputy, Griffin, to say on the radio?
(a) To call Lou Dimes and Miss Bea.
(b) To talk to Fix and tell him to come right away and call for backup.
(c) To call Fix and tell him to stay put and to call Miss Merle for some sandwiches.
(d) To tell Russ to keep Fix at the bayou and Herman to come pick up the body.

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

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

10. What color is Clabber's skin?
(a) Red. Clabber does not know his parent's heritage.
(b) White. Clabber is an albino.
(c) Very dark like Mathu. He also is almost full African descent.
(d) Light Brown. Clabber is part American Indian.

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

12. What was happening the next day?
(a) A big football game between LSU and Ole Miss.
(b) A big football practice that Gil had to attend.
(c) A county fair.
(d) A demonstration on campus.

13. Where does Janey tell Miss Merle that Beau was killed?
(a) At the Marshall main house.
(b) In the quarters.
(c) In the sugar cane field.
(d) In Baton Rouge.

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

15. What happened when Mat returned home with his fish?
(a) He got in an arguement with his wife, Ella.
(b) He kissed Ella hello at the door.
(c) He got in his car and drove to Mathu's house.
(d) He started cleaning the fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

2. Who narrates this chapter?

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

4. How did the fight start between Fix and Mathu?

5. What did Mapes do to try to get the truth from the old men?

(see the answer keys)

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