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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. Who helped raise Candy?
(a) Lou.
(b) Miss Merle.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Janey.
2. What is the garry?
(a) The pecan groves.
(b) The cane field.
(c) The shady side of the house.
(d) The front porch, the garrett.
3. What two things did Mapes ask his deputy, Griffin, to say on the radio?
(a) To talk to Fix and tell him to come right away and call for backup.
(b) To tell Russ to keep Fix at the bayou and Herman to come pick up the body.
(c) To call Fix and tell him to stay put and to call Miss Merle for some sandwiches.
(d) To call Lou Dimes and Miss Bea.
4. What does Miss Merle tell Janey to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Go to Marshall.
(c) Call Lou Dimes again.
(d) Wake the Major.
5. What did Candy ask Corrine to get from inside the house?
(a) Some food and drink.
(b) More guns.
(c) Something to cover the body.
(d) People hiding in the house.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Janey's job?
2. Why did Mat feel good about what they were doing?
3. Who was the only man who didn't have a gun?
4. When Miss Merle is talking about "Jack" who is she referring to?
5. What does Snookum see at Mathu's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the nature of the relationship between Candy and Lou?
2. Why did Jacob feel bad about the death of his sister Tessie when he had nothing to do with her murder?
3. How do readers know the year this story is taking place?
4. Who were Salt and Pepper?
5. What was the goal of Reverend Jameson?
6. What was Johnny Paul talking about when he talked to Mapes about what he couldn't see?
7. Why did Mapes hit the men and what did it mean? When everybody lined up to be hit by Mapes, what happened?
8. What is the significance of Janey scolding Snookum to call Candy "Miss Candy" and Lou "Mr. Lou?"
9. How did each man claim responsibility for the murder of Beau?
10. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?
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