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

2. Where did Snookum hide during the shoot-out?
(a) He crawled under the house.
(b) He hid next to Gram Mon.
(c) He ran out the kitchen door and into the outhouse.
(d) He hid in the kitchen.

3. How old is Charlie?
(a) 50
(b) 30
(c) 70
(d) 60

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

5. Who was calling on God?
(a) Mapes.
(b) Gram Mon.
(c) Lou Dimes.
(d) Reverend Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fix do when Gil did not agree with him?

2. What does Tee Jack do to calm Luke Will and his friends?

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

4. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?

5. Who agreed with Gil?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

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

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

7. When the shoot-out began, how did the old black men get organized and decide what to do?

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

9. How many funerals were there?

10. What is Leroy's reaction to getting shot?

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