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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 group was there to defend Luke Will's friends?
(a) Lou Dimes.
(b) The Klans.
(c) Candy's uncle.
(d) NAACP.

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

3. When Luke Will ran out of shells, what did Charlie offer?
(a) More shells.
(b) To kill him.
(c) To surrender.
(d) To stop the shoot-out.

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

5. What does Charlie do before he charges Luke Will?
(a) Shoots Leroy.
(b) Smokes a cigarette.
(c) Yells at Luke Will to give up.
(d) Decides to give up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Candy do when she waved goodbye to the old men?

2. What was Lou doing in the final moments of the shoot-out?

3. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?

4. Who in the store (bar) thinks that the police should handle the murder?

5. Where did Snookum hide during the shoot-out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

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

7. How many days did the trial last?

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

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

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

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