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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?

2. Mapes asked his deputy to call someone back in town. Who?

3. What was Dirty Red and his family known for?

4. When Miss Merle is talking about "Jack" who is she referring to?

5. How did Chimley fire his gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader know where the story is taking place?

2. Why did Mapes hit the men and what did it mean? When everybody lined up to be hit by Mapes, what happened?

3. What did it mean when they saw dust on the road? What was this a symbol of?

4. Why did Jacob feel bad about the death of his sister Tessie when he had nothing to do with her murder?

5. What was the significance of the argument between Mat and his wife?

6. Who were Salt and Pepper?

7. Why did Chimley not mind if black people called him by his nickhame, but hated it when white people used his nickname?

8. Why did all the men shoot their guns once?

9. Who was Oliver?

10. What was Johnny Paul talking about when he talked to Mapes about what he couldn't see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the Cajuns come to symbolize to the black people on the river?

Essay Topic 2

How was Gil's life different from his family? How was he torn between the two worlds?

Essay Topic 3

Do you feel that Fix and Gil reconciled? Why? Will their lives be different? Will Fix change? Will Gill pull away from his family or join them?

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