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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. Why does Candy want more men and more twelve-gauge shotguns?
(a) So Candy can pile them in the trunk of her LTD.
(b) So Candy will be protected.
(c) So Mathu will have more firepower.
(d) So that is will be unclear who killed Beau.

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

3. What did Gil want most?
(a) To be All-American with Cal.
(b) To kill the man who killed his brother.
(c) To do whatever his dad, Fix wanted him to do.
(d) To finish school without any trouble.

4. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?
(a) For Miss Bea because she wanted a favor.
(b) For Jack, the Major, because she likes him.
(c) For Candy, because she had heard about the murder.
(d) For Janey, because she needed help.

5. Why was the coroner afraid to get out of his car?
(a) Candy threatened to shoot him.
(b) Mapes looked angry because it took him so long to get there.
(c) The deputy told him not to move.
(d) He realized that all the old black men were armed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carried his gun like a soldier?

2. How did Clatoo know that Candy was lying?

3. Who did Ella call?

4. What did Candy always wear?

5. What did Snookum want for a reward for running the errand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What had happened on the river that narrowed the fishing area for Chimley and Mat?

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

4. Why did Mapes respect Mathu?

5. What color was the dress Corrine wore and the color of the bedspread used to cover the body? Why is this important?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the goal of Reverend Jameson?

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