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

2. Who tells Mat and Chimley that there has been a murder?
(a) Fue.
(b) Berto.
(c) Mathu.
(d) Candy.

3. How did Mapes, the sheriff, prove that Uncle Billy could not have shot Beau?
(a) Mapes asked Uncle Billy to aim at one of the bean poles and shoot.
(b) Mapes noticed how thick Uncle Billy's glasses were.
(c) Mapes told Uncle Billy to shoot Mathu.
(d) Mapes looked at Uncle Billy's gun.

4. What instructions did Candy give to Snookum about Mr. Lou?
(a) Candy told Snookum to have Janey call Mr. Lou.
(b) Candy told Snookum to run fetch Mr. Lou from the newspaper.
(c) Candy told Snookum to call Mr. Lou on the phone inside Mathu's house.
(d) Candy told Snookum to bring Mr. Lou back with him and she would give Snookum a treat.

5. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?
(a) He had just been to a funeral.
(b) He sold vegetables out of his truck and always wanted to remind people that he was a businessman.
(c) He had just returned from church with Reverend Jameson.
(d) He was returning from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cherry Bello own?

2. Mapes asked his deputy to call someone back in town. Who?

3. Where does Janey live?

4. According to Chimley's story, who got in a fistfight with Fix?

5. What did Mapes do to try to get the truth from the old men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Mapes respect Mathu?

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

4. Why did Gil look at Cal like he hated him?

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

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

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

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

9. Who was Oliver?

10. Who were Salt and Pepper?

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