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

2. How did Chimley fire his gun?

3. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?

4. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?

5. Where does Lou Dimes work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Mapes respect Mathu?

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

5. What was the significance of empty number five shells?

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

7. What was happening to the black graveyards?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did a different person narrating each chapter change the story? What would have been different if Lou Dimes had narrated all the chapters? Or Chimley. Or Candy. Or Clatoo?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the black graveyards. What were they symbolizing?

Essay Topic 3

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

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