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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?
(a) They were waiting for further instructions.
(b) They were waiting for their wives to call them to dinner.
(c) They were thinking about where to hide.
(d) The were scared because of what had happened in the past.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beulah angry about?

2. Where does Janey live?

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

4. What two things did Mapes ask his deputy, Griffin, to say on the radio?

5. What did Candy always wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of empty number five shells?

2. How can readers tell that Gram Mon is poor?

3. Why was it important for the author to show violence against women in the black community?

4. Who were Salt and Pepper?

5. Why did all the men shoot their guns once?

6. What was Johnny Paul talking about when he talked to Mapes about what he couldn't see?

7. What color was the dress Corrine wore and the color of the bedspread used to cover the body? Why is this important?

8. Who is Janey and who does she work for?

9. What is the significance of Janey scolding Snookum to call Candy "Miss Candy" and Lou "Mr. Lou?"

10. Why did Chimley not mind if black people called him by his nickhame, but hated it when white people used his nickname?

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