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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 Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?

2. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?

3. How many days did the trail go on?

4. What was Lou doing in the final moments of the shoot-out?

5. What has Charlie done his whole life until today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the shoot-out began, how did the old black men get organized and decide what to do?

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

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

6. Who came in from the kitchen and what was he doing there?

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

8. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

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

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

Why was Charlie's story of bravery so important to all the black men?

Essay Topic 3

Relationships between white and black in this town in the Deep South. Explain the relationships between the black and white people in this town. Why didn't they change after slavery and after civil rights? Why is this town so far behind the times?

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