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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 did Beau come after Charlie?

2. What did Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?

3. What would bring the court to laughing?

4. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?

5. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Miss Merle do to show her disgust at the crowd of old black men?

2. What did Mapes mean when he told Luke Will that Charlie was now in charge?

3. What does Charlie do when the shoot-out begins?

4. Why did Fix need all his sons to agree on a course of action?

5. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

6. How did Mapes get the group of old men to decide to end the evening?

7. What is Leroy's reaction to getting shot?

8. How were the old men getting a bathroom break?

9. How many funerals were there?

10. What was the "nigger room" a symbol of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you feel that Fix and Gil reconciled? Why? Will their lives be different? Will Fix change? Will Gill pull away from his family or join them?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare Miss Merle and Charlie. How do they represent the past, present and future? What would they like their world's to look like? What will change in Miss Merle's world after the events of the story? How will the friends of Charlie's be changed by his death?

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