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

2. Why were the old black men going to the back of the house one at a time?
(a) To check on Mathu.
(b) To get some food.
(c) To see if Charlie was there.
(d) To use the outhouse.

3. Who shows up from the back of the house at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will.
(b) Fix.
(c) Charlie Biggs.
(d) Lou Dimes.

4. What did Mathu ask Snookum to get from the house when the sandwiches came?
(a) Plates and forks.
(b) Beer.
(c) More guns.
(d) Ice water.

5. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?
(a) Snookum says he wants some ice water or he will tell Mapes who shot Beau.
(b) Snookum says that Candy promised him sandwiches if he would keep his mouth shut.
(c) Snookum says Gram Mon wants a second sandwich because she was cooking dinner when someone shot Beau.
(d) Snookum says he wants another sandwich because Candy didn't give him anything to run and get everybody.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?

2. Once the old men are in the field, what do they do?

3. Who was sitting on the bed crying?

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

5. Why did Beau come after Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important that this chapter is narrated by a child?

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

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

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

5. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

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

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

9. How did Mapes get the group of old men to decide to end the evening?

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

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