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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?
(a) They were not as dark skinned as Mathu, they were not as African.
(b) They owned their own houses, and Mathu still worked on the Marshall land.
(c) They did not work as hard at Mathu.
(d) They were cowards and never stood up for themselves.

2. Who welcomed Gil at the door of his father's house?
(a) Sully.
(b) Fix.
(c) Jean.
(d) Russell.

3. During the trial, what was the racial makeup of the observing crowd?
(a) About half black and half white.
(b) All white as blacks were not allowed in the courtroom.
(c) All black.
(d) All white on the main floor and a few blacks in the balcony.

4. What did Miss Merle bring?
(a) More empty shells.
(b) More guns.
(c) Sandwiches in baskets.
(d) Four more men.

5. Why does Candy slap Lou in the car?
(a) Lou proposes again, at a very odd time.
(b) Lou tries to start the car and drive away.
(c) Lou says that Mathu is now free of her.
(d) Lou says he is going to write a story about this for the newspaper.

6. What did Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?
(a) If he really killed Beau.
(b) If he believed in God.
(c) If he was going to kill Luke Will and Fix.
(d) What he'd seen back in the swamps.

7. Where is Snookum when Lou notices him?
(a) He is in the outhouse.
(b) He is in Lou's car.
(c) He is on the front porch next to Mapes.
(d) He has crawled through and is now under the front porch.

8. Who does Charlie call Parrain?
(a) Mathu.
(b) Candy.
(c) Gram Mon.
(d) Corrine.

9. Why do the old men call Mapes into the house?
(a) Charlie is afraid of Fix and wants police protection.
(b) Mapes told them they had 15 minutes and the old men know their time is up.
(c) Charlie wants to challenge Mapes.
(d) Charlie wants to confess to the murder and turn himself in.

10. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?
(a) Gil wanted to let the police arrest the suspect.
(b) Gil wanted Sully to talk to Mathu.
(c) Gil wanted to form a lynch mob and pick up Mathu.
(d) Gil wanted his father, Fix, to talk to Mathu.

11. Who talks Candy into ending the events of the day?
(a) Johnny Paul.
(b) Lou.
(c) Mapes.
(d) Mathu.

12. Where did Snookum hide during the shoot-out?
(a) He ran out the kitchen door and into the outhouse.
(b) He crawled under the house.
(c) He hid next to Gram Mon.
(d) He hid in the kitchen.

13. What was different about the way Yank hollered?
(a) He hollered in a very low voice.
(b) He hollered the way you holler at a rodeo.
(c) He hollered with a very southern accent.
(d) He hollered just like all the other men.

14. What would bring the court to laughing?
(a) When nicknames for the old men were used in court.
(b) When they saw Judge Reynolds.
(c) When people saw the men all banged up and bandaged.
(d) When people walked by outside.

15. What do all the old black men, and women and children do after Charlie dies?
(a) They cover him with a bedspread and pray.
(b) They blame Mathu for the death of Charlie.
(c) They kill Luke Will and his gang.
(d) They all touch him as a sign of honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?

2. Why did Beau come after Charlie?

3. What does Charlie do before he charges Luke Will?

4. How old is Charlie?

5. Who were the three funerals for?

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