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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 had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?

2. Who teased Billy when he missed the rabbit?

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

4. What did Miss Merle see when she turned into the quarters?

5. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it important for the author to show violence against women in the black community?

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

3. Why did Candy want more men and more shotguns at Mathu's house?

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

5. Who was Tucker's brother and what was the battle that brought man against machine?

6. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

7. Who are the Major and Miss Bea?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Which characters do you think changed the most and the least in this story. Why? What made them change or not change?

Essay Topic 3

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

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