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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. How did Tucker's brother Silas get into trouble with white people?

2. How many miles did Lou drive from Baron rouge to Marshall?

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

4. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?

5. When Gil and Sully arrived at the Marshall quarters, Sully thought it looked like an episode from what T.V. show?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Mat's full name?

2. Why did Gil look at Cal like he hated him?

3. Who are the Major and Miss Bea?

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

5. Why did Mapes respect Mathu?

6. How did Gable describe the death of his sixteen-year-old son?

7. Why did Miss Merle slap Janey and why did Janey stand there and take it?

8. What had happened on the river that narrowed the fishing area for Chimley and Mat?

9. How can readers tell that Gram Mon is poor?

10. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the story of Fix and his men. Had anything changed through the years? What had changed?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How did each person telling their story make an impact on the story as a whole?

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