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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. On their way out of town, what happened to Gil and Sully?
(a) They were in a car wreck.
(b) They had to drop Cal back at his dorm.
(c) They got lost going to Marshall.
(d) People recognized Gil and wanted to wish him well in the game.

2. What did the men begin saying one at a time?
(a) They each confessed to the murder of Beau.
(b) That they were hungry.
(c) How much they each hated Beau.
(d) That they would never leave.

3. What did Mat tell his wife about the shotguns?
(a) There was trouble at Mathu's house.
(b) He saw some rabbits he wanted to shoot.
(c) He said they were going hunting.
(d) There was a lynch mob on the way.

4. What did each old black man do and say?
(a) Each man slapped Mathu.
(b) Each man confessed to the murder.
(c) Each man fired his gun a second time.
(d) Each man introduced himself to Mathu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yank do in his younger days?

2. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?

3. Where does Lou Dimes work?

4. Why did people call Sully T.V.?

5. What did Miss Merle see when she turned into the quarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

2. Why did Clatoo stop the truck before he got to Mathu's?

3. Why did Mathu look down on some of the men who came to help him?

4. What is the significance of Mat's full name?

5. What does Janey do when she hears the news of the murder?

6. What was the significance of Chimley's name?

7. Why did Miss Merle slap Janey and why did Janey stand there and take it?

8. How do readers know the year this story is taking place?

9. What was the goal of Reverend Jameson?

10. Why was Gil torn between love for his family and sadness over their past actions?

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