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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. What did Clatoo do with the shoe box?

2. Who was the only man who didn't have a gun?

3. How did the fight start between Fix and Mathu?

4. What had Janey heard that made her believe Snookum's story?

5. Why did Janey keep looking down toward the highway?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Gil torn between love for his family and sadness over their past actions?

3. Who were Salt and Pepper?

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

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

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

7. What did Gil's coach want to tell Gill?

8. What color was the dress Corrine wore and the color of the bedspread used to cover the body? Why is this important?

9. Why did Mat and Chimley wait before they took action?

10. What does Janey do when she hears the news of the murder?

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

Essay Topic 3

Why were the old black men brave now but hadn't been before?

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