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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 were the three funerals for?
(a) Luke Will, Beau, and Charlie.
(b) Mapes, Leroy and Luke Will.
(c) Beau, Luke Will and Mathu.
(d) Charlie, Mapes and Luke Will.

2. What does Luke Will's gang do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will's gang asks for supplies for the lynching from Tee Jack but he refuses.
(b) Luke Will's gang threatens Tee Jack that they will be back.
(c) Luke Will's gang finish their drinks and leave.
(d) Luke Will's gang sits in the "nigger room" to finish their drinks.

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

4. What has Charlie done his whole life until today?
(a) Ran away from anything that scared him.
(b) Killed white men.
(c) Worked hard on the plantation.
(d) Got drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?

2. Why did Beau come after Charlie?

3. Who narrates this chapter?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

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

9. How many funerals were there?

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

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