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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. How far did Charlie go before he was hit?
(a) Three or Four steps.
(b) To the tractor.
(c) Across the yard.
(d) To the ditch.

2. Why do the old men call Mapes into the house?
(a) Charlie wants to challenge Mapes.
(b) Charlie is afraid of Fix and wants police protection.
(c) Mapes told them they had 15 minutes and the old men know their time is up.
(d) Charlie wants to confess to the murder and turn himself in.

3. Why did Beau come after Charlie?
(a) Charlie told him he was quiting.
(b) Charlie hit Beau with his fist.
(c) Charlie was not working hard.
(d) Charlie called him a name.

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

5. Why does Candy slap Lou in the car?
(a) Lou says that Mathu is now free of her.
(b) Lou says he is going to write a story about this for the newspaper.
(c) Lou tries to start the car and drive away.
(d) Lou proposes again, at a very odd time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did the trail go on?

2. What group was there to defend Luke Will's friends?

3. What was Leroy's reaction?

4. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the final moments of the shoot-out.

3. How was Gil welcomed by the people gathered at his father's house?

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

5. How many days did the trial last?

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

7. Why did Mapes call Charlie "Mr. Biggs?"

8. Why was it important for Charlie to come forward and confess to the murder of Beau?

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

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

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