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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 did Candy say to Miss Merle when she saw her?
(a) "Where is Lou?"
(b) "Did you bring guns?"
(c) "I loved the pie."
(d) "I shot Beau."

2. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?
(a) That she needs a twelve-gauge shotgun.
(b) That Beau Boutan is dead.
(c) That she needs a drink.
(d) That she brought an apple pie for Jack.

3. Where does Lou Dimes work?
(a) The sugar cane fields.
(b) The newspaper in Baton Rouge.
(c) The Marshall house.
(d) The concrete plant.

4. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?
(a) Chimley thought they were making fun of him.
(b) Because white people mistakenly called him Chimney.
(c) Because he wasn't very dark-skinned and he wondered why they called him by that name.
(d) Chimley did not like white people.

5. Why is Gil upset with Mapes, the sheriff?
(a) Gil thinks Mapes is stalling to wait until Fix and the lynch mob arrive.
(b) Gil can't believe that there have been no arrests made.
(c) Gil thinks Mapes should arrest Candy.
(d) Gil thinks Mapes should have moved the body by now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the coach need to tell Gil?

2. On their way out of town, what happened to Gil and Sully?

3. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?

4. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

5. Who narrates this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who are the Major and Miss Bea?

7. Who was Oliver?

8. Why did Mat and Chimley wait before they took action?

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

10. Who were Salt and Pepper?

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