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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. Who welcomed Gil at the door of his father's house?

2. What does Jack Marshall do every day?

3. Who narrates this chapter?

4. Where is Snookum when Lou notices him?

5. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who did Mapes put in charge after he was wounded?

3. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

5. Why is it important that this chapter is narrated by a child?

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

7. Why did Mapes call Charlie "Mr. Biggs?"

8. Describe the final moments of the shoot-out.

9. How many days did the trial last?

10. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

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

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

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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