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

2. How did Chimley fire his gun?
(a) Up into the trees at the graveyard.
(b) At Mathu.
(c) At his wife to scare her.
(d) Out the window.

3. 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.

4. Janey calls two people on the phone. Who are they?
(a) Toddy and Minnie.
(b) Miss Bea and the Major.
(c) Mathu and Candy.
(d) Lou Dimes and Miss Merle.

5. What is the garry?
(a) The front porch, the garrett.
(b) The shady side of the house.
(c) The cane field.
(d) The pecan groves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beulah angry about?

2. How did Mapes know Mathu?

3. Who does Janey work for?

4. Why did Glo hang on to Clatoo's hand a little longer?

5. Why was Lou not at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of the relationship between Candy and Lou?

2. What did Gil's coach want to tell Gill?

3. Why was Bea unconcerned that Beau had been killed?

4. Why did Jacob feel bad about the death of his sister Tessie when he had nothing to do with her murder?

5. What was happening to the black graveyards?

6. Why did Cherry talk about the fields of cane? What are the fields of cane a symbol of for Cherry's people?

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

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

9. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

10. Who was Tucker's brother and what was the battle that brought man against machine?

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