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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 did Luke Will say was in charge?
(a) Lou.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Mathu.
(d) Leroy.

2. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
(a) Luke Will shows up.
(b) The old men follow them out.
(c) Mapes handcuffs Charlie.
(d) The deputy arrests Charlie.

3. Where is Snookum when Lou notices him?
(a) He has crawled through and is now under the front porch.
(b) He is in the outhouse.
(c) He is on the front porch next to Mapes.
(d) He is in Lou's car.

4. What did Miss Merle bring?
(a) Sandwiches in baskets.
(b) Four more men.
(c) More guns.
(d) More empty shells.

5. What was different about the way Yank hollered?
(a) He hollered the way you holler at a rodeo.
(b) He hollered just like all the other men.
(c) He hollered in a very low voice.
(d) He hollered with a very southern accent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Charlie go before he was hit?

2. What does Charlie do before he charges Luke Will?

3. Who was calling on God?

4. How did Candy's mother and father die?

5. What was Leroy's reaction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Mapes put in charge after he was wounded?

2. How were the old men getting a bathroom break?

3. What does Charlie do when the shoot-out begins?

4. How many days did the trial last?

5. What was the "nigger room" a symbol of?

6. What did Miss Merle do to show her disgust at the crowd of old black men?

7. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

8. Who came in from the kitchen and what was he doing there?

9. Why did Fix need all his sons to agree on a course of action?

10. What did Mapes mean when he told Luke Will that Charlie was now in charge?

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