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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 kinds of flowers did Jack Toussaint grow?

2. How was Gable's son put to death?

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

4. Why had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?

5. What did Chimley's wife say when Chimley came home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cherry talk about the fields of cane? What are the fields of cane a symbol of for Cherry's people?

2. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

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

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

5. How did each man claim responsibility for the murder of Beau?

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

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

8. What was happening to the black graveyards?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why was Charlie's story of bravery so important to all the black men?

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