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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 each old black man do and say?

2. When Gil arrived at the scene of the crime, how long had his brother been dead?

3. What was Mathu always bragging about?

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

5. Where did Coot's all-colored regiment train?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Bea unconcerned that Beau had been killed?

3. What is the significance of Janey scolding Snookum to call Candy "Miss Candy" and Lou "Mr. Lou?"

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

5. Who were Salt and Pepper?

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

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

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

9. What was the significance of Chimley's name?

10. Why did Mapes respect Mathu?

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

Discuss Mapes slapping the men and Miss Merle slapping Janey. What did each of these events symbolize? How are they the same? Different?

Essay Topic 3

What did the Cajuns come to symbolize to the black people on the river?

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